This Tiny Simpsons TV Lets You Watch Tiny Simpsons TV (theverge.com) 40
Reddit user buba447 has created an iconic Simpsons TV with working dials that plays episodes of the long-running animated sitcom whenever it's turned on. From a report: The palm-sized TV was designed in Fusion 360 and printed using an Ender-3 Pro from Creality, according to its creator. Inside you'll find a tiny Raspberry Pi Zero running Jessie Lite connected to the 640x480 display. The top dial turns on the TV (actually, just the display and speaker) while the lower dial adjusts the volume. Its 32GB SD Card is loaded with 11 seasons of compressed episodes that play in random order. The whole thing is powered by a USB port with a cable running out the back.
I love these (Score:2)
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Like designing an LED alarm clock? [wikipedia.org] LOL
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For the most part, this type of thing wouldn't had made any attention at all. Except for the fact the Kid was racially profiled and assumed to be causing problems were he was just being a curious kid.
What he actually made isn't that impressive. Kids have been doing these things for a long time, however if your school is going to have you taken out as a terrorist for learning stuff that isn't dangerous, and the teachers were too stupid to see that, that makes news.
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Imagine how dangerous this kid could be if he learned the true history of this country [nytimes.com].
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Yeah. Shit.
Good thing he didn't add a ticking sound module. They may have shot him where he stood.
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He added nothing - he removed a radio shack alarm clock from its plastic case and put it in a small tool box/case.
The technology he mastered was unscrewing the screws on the case.
Apparently, that plus his ethnicity entitled him to a full-ride scholarship to an engineering school.
BTW, he was an (academic) at-risk student, struggling to pass his classes.
Re: Old school Slashdot... But not really impressi (Score:2)
If you go back and read what happened - he claimed everyone assumed he had a bomb, but no one thought that - if they thought he had a bomb, they would have evacuated the building, instead they picked up his 'bomb' and walked it down to the principal's office and sat next to it for hours.
That's not how schools handle bomb threats.
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I hear you, especially given how far past its prime the series is.
Still, a fun thing to do. Just because saws and hammers are ubiquitous we don't condemn the creative endeavors of a craftsman carpenter.
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True, However we don't post how exceptional every-time a carpenter uses dovetail joints. Sure dovetail joinery takes some skill and it is a sign of a good craftsman. However it isn't something that we need to publish as something exceptional.
The Simpson TV is a cleaver bit of Art, and probably was a fun project, however it isn't anything really exceptional that is pushing any sort of boundaries.
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Yes but it's news for nerds, a fun thing, and a story that doesn't attract any political sniping for and against he who shall not be named here.
Dang me, they oughta take a rope and hang me. I feel nervous even mentioning that. Mod me troll.
Re:Old school Slashdot... But not really impressiv (Score:4, Insightful)
Everything doesn't have to be some kind of fundamental advance. Sometimes things are noteworthy because they're fun.
I love little projects like this (Score:5, Interesting)
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Yes, news for nerds...finally. More please
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Damn you. I just finished commenting how nice it is to not flame up over he who must not be named. And then you go and name him.
Re:I love little projects like this (Score:4, Informative)
(Mr. Burns voice) Excellent (Score:3)
which 11 seasons? (Score:3)
Hopefully it's the first 11 seasons and the 11 most recent seasons. It may only be a 2" screen but at least it's better than watching the classic Simpsons 4:3 episodes cropped to 16:9 on Disney+ [vulture.com].
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The problem is if Disney had kept it, they'd have a gazillion knuckle-draggers screaming about how they're not using the "whole screen".
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If you'd RTFA you'd see it is the first 11 seasons. I do love that part of this story as well, the subtle swipe at the show reaffirming what everyone knows- after the 1990s the Simpsons were no longer worth watching.
Why only 11 seasons? (Score:2)
Can't the Pi Zero take a 256 Gig microSD card? Why stop at 32 Gigs and 11 seasons?
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When was that. The season that was played when you become over 25 years old?
The shows that played before you were born, were often dates and dull.
The shows that played when you were around 10-25 were edgy and clever and really relevant.
The shows that play after that are dull, repetitive and often too preachy, and sometimes just offensive and not funny.
Your parents hated the stuff you watched, but they loved the old stuff that was dull and lifeless.
The stuff your kids watch which you hate because it just se
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Wouldn't you only want the good seasons on the card if you're just playing them at random with no control?
(also you'd only want episodes from the time when the show was 4:3 to match the screen)
Re: Why only 11 seasons? (Score:2)
Both good points.
That's nice (Score:1)
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I want a TOS era tricorder that plays the shows.
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My first iPhone was called Tricorder ... but you can not have it :P
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I think the TOS would look better if played on a small CRT Display. TNG looks best on a mid-sized CRT.
The shows were filmed to play on that medium, so things actually look much better on the older displays then new HD ones. Back when you cannot see the wires, or the gaps in the sets. The show is much more believable when played on the media it was suppose to be played on.
The same thing with classic video games too. New displays have too high of a DPI, so old games are super blocky, where when played on a
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In twenty years when Nostalgia kicks in.
... but where are the lawyers? (Score:2)
From the no good deed goes unpunished and the waiting for the other shoe to drop departments.
A fun thing so where are the lawyers to spoil it?
11 seasons on an SD card? Pirated? Should warrant a SWAT raid and equipment seizure.
Replica TV from the series even if fair use should attract some kind of take down order.
Sorry, it's the pessimist in me.
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my thoughts when seeing this. it seems a personal project though, but in sharing his work he also does broadcast a few seconds of copyrighted material, a blasphemy and most daring, offensive and provocative behavior in the "land of liberty" ...
NEWS FOR NERDS! (Score:3)
Slashdot editors. This is it. This is the content we want.
diseny lawsuit in ?? (Score:2)
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