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MacGyver Intro without Music: Solving Crimes with Sound Effects

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One of the highlights of the week for me growing up was each fresh episode of MacGyver. The only thing that could spoil it for me was a rerun, but I watched them anyway. MacGyver had a one-word name, an epic ’80s mullet and got himself out of jams using his brain instead of fighting or shooting his way out of them. I loved that show and have many fond memories of that cheesy opening credit sequence.

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Mario Wienerroither has taken those opening credits, removed all the music and added sound effects in. The result is as strange and hilarious as it sounds.

I forgot how long that intro scene was. If you aren’t a child of the ’80s be sure and check out the original opening as well and revel in the cheese that was MacGyver. You can even watch every episode of the show on CBS All Access if you are so inclined.

[via Laughing Squid]

Skatehack Ramps Add Sound Effects While You Skate: Disco Flip

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The sound effect that triggers when you pull off a special trick in Tony Hawk Pro Skater is burned into my brain. That and Suicide Machines’ New Girl. If you’d love to augment your real world skating with sound, check out Skatehack. It’s an urban art and research collective that designed sound-emitting ramps.

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Skatehack’s Augmented Ramp is a half-pipe that has piezoelectric sensors on its flat and transition surfaces, as well as contact microphones on its lips.

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The mic and the sensors turn the impact or vibration that you cause when you skate on the ramp into triggers. An application then uses these triggers to generate sound.

Skatehack also designed Bauxite, a smaller and self-contained version of the Augmented Ramp.

Here’s a primer on Skatehack and its makers:

Grind to Skatehack’s YouTube page to see more demos of its ramps. You can reach Skatehack’s creators by emailing them at info@skatehack.org, as well as via Facebook and Twitter.

[via Hack A Day]

Holiday Gift Guide 2013: Playskool Sesame Street Big Hugs Elmo

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Playskool Big Hugs Elmo is available at Amazon for $49.00. There are so many ways to play with Sesame Street Big Hugs Elmo! When preschoolers give Elmo a great big hug, he'll hug back, say fun...

Marvel Creativity Studio Stylus and App Debut

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Marvel has announced a new Creative Studio Stylus and application designed to allow fans of Marvel comics to draw their own superheroes. The app and stylus are designed specifically for the iPad and...

Mega Stomp Battle Motion-Activated Sound Effects: Faux Foley

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Kids love to play fight. Just give them a few seconds of idle time and their minds will transform them into all sorts of characters. Soon enough you’ll hear them making sound effects for their movements and weapons. But the problem with being their own foley artist is that they can’t pew pew pew and spew killer lines at the same time. The Mega Stomp Battle can help with that.

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The Mega Stomp Battle is composed of a small box and a wand that emit sound effects when you walk, wave the wand or push the wand’s trigger. It has 10 sound banks or character types, such as a knight, a giant monster or a pirate. Each sound bank has at least six sounds for different types of movements like walking, attacking and more.

Someone on YouTube said we should watch the video on mute. I disagree. The guys in the video look stupid even with the sound on. But you might not care about how you look once you’ve tried living a life with sound effects. You can order Mega Stomp Battle from ThinkGeek for $40 (USD).

Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Elements 12 Are Now Available for Mac and Windows at $99.99 Each

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The Photoshop Elements 12 and the Premiere Elements 12 are Adobe’s all-new photo and video editing software. They are renovated versions with remarkable new features that cater to savvy consumers....

HTC Announces BoomBass, Desire 300, Vivid Blue HTC One and Mini Ahead of IFA

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HTC is a company to be reckoned with. It has a lot of clout in the form of funky new gadgets that it keeps spouting from its manufacturing plants time after time. The spanking new BoomBass allows for...

Apple’s Patent Application on Audio Hyperlinking

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The high tech giant, Apple Incorporated has applied for an audio hyperlinking patent to the US Patent and Trademark Office. The basic goal is the facilitation of access to complementary Podcast...

Google resurrects calling feature on Gmail

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When Google announced the new Hangouts in May this year, many complained that they no longer were able to make phone calls from Gmail on the desktop. Apparently Google has heard the cries and moans...

Twitter Partners with Vizify to bring #FollowMe

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It is a biographical mini-movie of sorts and bears a deep relationship to YouTube’s “broadcast your self” message. However, this feature is prominent on Twitter and employs the technology of Vizify....