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Stuff like that is dead now btw (yes, it makes me sad too). Kids have iPhones; the idea is great but can just be an app. Which tbf makes more sense because you
by fennecfoxy 1y ago
Stuff like that is dead now btw (yes, it makes me sad too). Kids have iPhones; the idea is great but can just be an app. Which tbf makes more sense because you get the benefit of imu & everything else for that behaviour.
Remember those little LCD cube block toys with the stick dudes that lived in 'em, then when you plug 'em together they interact? Those were the days.
- DonHopkins 1y agoThe Movable Feast Machine (movablefeastmachine.org) 44 points by mekaj on Nov 20, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 11 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10600001 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10600001 The T2 Tile Project: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1M91QuLZfCzHjBMEKvIc-A https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1M91QuLZfCzHjBMEKvIc-A Artificial Life Creation T-0 and Launching - T2sday Update 3135: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8kOkLPwNNw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8kOkLPwNNw
- fennecfoxy 1y agoCool thanks for the links but are they mass produced commercial products known & bought worldwide? Because that's what I was referring to; kinda the digital but pre-touchscreen-slab type devices age of 80s-2010s.
- postcert 1y agoThose little cube world blocks were neat: https://corporate.mattel.com/brand-portfolio/cube-world https://corporate.mattel.com/brand-portfolio/cube-world Maybe I grew out of the age range or maybe the whole market of silly knick-knacks has died out but they definitely drove my interest in all things electronic.