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The DS not big enough for Tetris? How about a dorm building?
The Russians may have done it first (definitively proving that they have won the Tetris arms race), but that doesn't make this accomplishment by some Finnish students any less impressive. The goal behind the project known as MIKONTALOLIGHTS (Mikontalo being the name of the dorm building that was used) was to make the largest colored graphics platform in the world. It all took place in a public event that was held on December 4th.While we're absolutely blown away by the awesomeness of the project, we have to say that a tripod and some Tetris-themed background music would have really gone a long way.[Via Geekologie]
Mikontalo dormitory converted into gigantic Tetris display
Playing famed titles on the sides of buildings ain't nothing new, but this rendition of Tetris is just too svelte to be ignored. Folks from the Finnish Student Union and Universimo gaming company (among others) were responsible for rigging up an elaborate (and shall we say, quite beautiful) colored graphics platform using the Mikontalo's D-staircase as light pixels. Reportedly, the installation will also be used for other demos created by pupils at the Tampere University of Technology, but we've all ideas the falling blocks you see above easily stole the show. Be sure and check out a bevy of photos from the unveiling in the links below, and in case that's not enough, you can peep a video of the setup in action just beyond the break.[Thanks, Stanislav S.]Read - Mikontalolights project pageRead - Mikontalo Tetris photographsRead - Mikontalolights videos / blog
