Sunday, March 11th @ 10:00 am
Rodney Gibbs Amaze Entertainment (acquired by Foundation 9 Entertainment)
Rich LeGrand Pres, Charmed Labs
Bob Sabiston Pres, Flat Black Films
Paul Slocum Tree Wave
Le Grand – Charmed Labs Robotics
Hacking the gameboy
Why? Wanted to build a robot, needed cheap computer to run it (motors controls etc.)
Nobody would make a computer for <$100
GBA fit the bill
Created the Xport to get info out of the GBA
The Xport took reverse engineering of the game port.
Possible issues in selling the device (patents, copyright, etc.)
Contracted with botball.org – nonprofit robotics competition for high school students
Slocum – 3Wave (band)
Uses old computer equipment and video game equipment (atari, printers, commodore) from the 80’s to make music
Epson from 1985 reprogrammed firmware, sound generated from print head hitting the paper
Atari 2600 used to make sound/video (game: Combat)
Sabiston
Nintendo DS Homebrew App
Paint animation software for DS.
Can save drawings/animations straight to website w/DS wifi
Use DS mic for recording audio for animations
Uses app to make large prints of pixel images