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March 12 2012
Darth Vader Riding a Unicycle, in a Kilt, Playing Bagpipes
I don’t know what it is about the Dark Lord of the Sith riding a unicycle, wearing a kilt and playing bagpipes that is so funny, but every time I watch this video it cracks me up. Probably the fact that this is Vader riding a unicycle, wearing a Kilt and playing bagpipes.
It’s as if the worlds of Star Wars and Highlander have collided in some crazy alternate world where Vader is an Immortal and the Ewoks are all Watchers. Don’t lose your head Darth. This is the the best thing you will see all day and if this doesn’t make you smile then you are dead inside.
Apparently this is Brian Kidd, who is also known as The Unipiper for obvious reasons. Thank you Brian for going that extra mile wearing the Vader suit with kilt. Completely awesome.
[via Obvious Winner via Neatorama via Geekosystem]
February 23 2012
Electronic bag pipes need no bag and use only 1 pipe
A lot of people might turn their noses up at an electronic version of bagpipes. But we see a definite need for them. After all, it’s pretty hard to take your bagpipes on a road trip, but this eChanter will have no trouble entertaining your fellow travelers.
The musical instrument is Arduino-based and the builder can decide between a headphone jack (use it with that FM transmitter when in the car!) or a speaker. The version seen above uses headphones with a piece of PVC pipe as the body, screw heads as touch sensors, and a project box to hold the electronics. But there are a lot of alternatives suggested, such as using automatic sprinkler parts. It sounds like a riser, connector, and pop-up sprinkler head body will do just as well hosting all of the components.
Want to hear what it sounds like? There’s an mp3 clip under the final steps section.
Filed under: musical hacks
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