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Edge of Emulation: Game Boy Sewing Machines (2020)

122 points24 daysshonumi.github.io
dfajgljsldkjag24 days 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.

vessenes24 days 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!

jogu24 days 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”.

vessenes23 days ago

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

giancarlostoro24 days ago

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

c2223 days ago

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

mock-possum24 days ago

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

ChrisArchitect24 days ago