MIT Hack Turns the Green Building Into a Giant Game of Tetris

An anonymous reader writes "MIT hackers have turned the Green Building, the tallest building in Cambridge, into a giant, playable, full color game of Tetris. According to the IHTFP Hack Gallery, "MIT hackers have long considered 'Tetris on the Green Building' to be the Holy Grail of hacks.""

Already done before

[jirikivaari]

I don't know how many times this has been done, but in 2007 ago electrical engineers here in Oulu, Finland made the same thing, although with regular 7-storyish building. Here's [itviikko.fi] the Finnish news.

Re:Already done before

[FlashBuster3000]

True... The german Chaos Computer Club has been doing this long time ago :)

Pong 2001:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Blinkenlights [wikipedia.org]

Re:Already done before

[Cochonou]

There were also Blinkenlights [blinkenlights.net] in Berlin (2001) and more to the point, ARCADE [google.com] in Paris (2002). Both were made by Chaos Computer Club.
Anyway, whatever the prior art was, it is always a very thrilling development.

Re: And by Delft in 1995

[Anonymous Coward]

Students of Delft University of Technolgy did this in 1995, at the 22-story EWI building. The lamps could also be controlled over internet.

I found a photo here:
http://retro.nrc.nl/W2/Nieuws/1998/02/27/Med/06.html

Re:Awesome

[Khyber]

Either LED systems, or they used Pentron 3-color adjustable lighting.

Re:Awesome

[Technician]

Follow the links for more info. Strings of Christmas lights, relays, Linux, and Windows CE for the console. Due to the noisy relays, operation was restricted to after midnight when the building was vacant.