Edge of Emulation: Game Boy Sewing Machines (2020)

(shonumi.github.io)

118 points | by mosura 2 days ago ago

9 comments

  • dfajgljsldkjag 2 days ago ago

    I had no idea you could connect a Game Boy to a sewing machine. The Mario embroidery patterns actually look kind of cute now that they are working. It is nice to see people preserving weird pieces of history like this.

  • vessenes 2 days ago ago

    I wasn't sure whether this was emulating the sewing machine, or driving an actual sewing machine from the emulator -- it's the latter.

    Followup request - digital emulated sewing machine! Should be a breeze based on the blog!

    • jogu 2 days ago ago

      In the video at the end you can see it’s the former. They’re drawing a digital representation of the commands the emulator is sending to the “sewing machine”.

      • vessenes 21 hours ago ago

        my bad - I read but didn't watch. okay now I want the latter

    • giancarlostoro 2 days ago ago

      If you can emulate the sewing machine... can you run it fast enough to run a GB emulator inside of it? : )

    • c22 2 days ago ago

      Secret Life of Machines emulated a sewing machine on humans: https://youtu.be/8lwI4TSKM3Y?t=328

  • mock-possum 2 days ago ago

    Wow crazy that there aren’t more screenshots of the actual software UI that’s what I was really hoping for here

  • ChrisArchitect 2 days ago ago
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