"ACHTUNG! ALLES LOOKENSPEEPERS! Das computermachine ist nicht fuer gefingerpoken und mittengrabben... Relaxen und watchen das blinkenlights." From a sign in Stanford University, circa 1960. Inspired by this humor, the Chaos Computer Club celebrated their 20th anniversary by borrowing a 13 story building in Berlin's Alexanderplatz. Using 144 lightbulbs and 5 km of cabling, blinkenlights became the |
world's largest interactive computer screen for several months, until they were asked to do the same thing in Paris in October. This time, they had 26 floors of 4 bit greyscale at their command. Ideal for Pacman. Or Tetris. Or Pong. All you needed to play was a mobile phone.
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