Students of the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology have applied their smarts to bring the classic strategy game Tetris to the side of a.MIT students play Tetris - - on a building - - to achieve Holy Grail of Hacks(Photo: Erik Nygren, MIT)The Boston Red Sox's 1. Fenway Park anniversary game vs. New York Yankees might have been the toughest ticket in town on Friday, but it wasn't the only big game in town. MIT students kicked off the weekend by exposing a colorful 2. Green Building (Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science Dept.) on campus, which was converted into a giant Tetris game via various colored lights in the building's windows. The MIT Gallery of Hacks website reported that "a console allowed players to move, rotate, and drop blocks" and wrote that "MIT hackers have long considered 'Tetris on the Green Building' to be the Holy Grail of hacks."A tough crowd of You. Tube commenters were quick to point out that Brown University students accomplished a similar hack in 2. Others said it needed accompanying Tetris music. I'm just wondering what the MIT students were so busy with on April 1 not to have done this then.. Bob Brown tracks network research in his Alpha Doggs blog and Facebook page, as well on. Twitter and Google +. MIT hackers have long considered 'Tetris on the Green Building' to be the Holy Grail of hacks, as the side of the building is a wonderful grid for the game. Over the weekend, students at MIT hacked a building on campus and made it play Tetris-- a seemingly novel idea, but one that is actually close to 20 years old. When traditional monitors wouldn't do, these students found bigger and better ways to clear lines. Students at MIT took to the university's Green Building over the weekend to transform the 20-story building into an oversized, playable game of Tetris. Not the first to pull Tetris stunt, but a colorful hack nonetheless. Tetris on the Green Building. Hackers turned MIT's Green Building into a giant, playable. Tetris game. A console allowed players to move. Over the weekend, students at MIT hacked a building on campus and made it play Tetris — a seemingly novel idea, but one that is actually close to 20. Careful, this hack might foster doubts about the level of fun you’re having at you own Computer Science department. Last weekend a group of students at MIT pulled. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is known for being innovative, but don't think these studious young minds only thing about class. On April 20th. The IHTFP Gallery is dedicated to documenting the history of hacking at MIT. The word hack at MIT usually refers to a clever, benign, and 'ethical' prank or practical. The Green. Building (Building 5. MIT Earth and. Planetary Sciences department. MIT hackers have long considered "Tetris on the Green Building". Holy Grail of hacks, as the side of the building is a wonderful. The game started off scrolling the words "TETRIS" and then. As the player progressed, the. The third level involved the. Upon losing the game, all of the blocks would fall to the. Some videos of Tetris being played on the Green Building were captured and posted to You. Tube: The hack appeared to have been installed by deploying. RGB display. This may have been the second largest full- color. US. Hackers have apparently been talking about Tetris on the. Green Building since at least 1. Hacking Series Committee. Calendar (a meta- hack making fun of the Lecure Series. Committee Calendars) declared that Tetris on the Green Building. April 2. 4th. The hackers in this case were 4 days too early. Tetris has been played on buildings before, however. For example. in 2. Brown University in Providence, RI. Tetris on a 1. 0- story Sciences. Library. A story. The Tech, MIT's student newspaper, provides some.
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