Ned Troide became famous for scoring 72,999,975 points on the video game Defender. It was the highest score ever recorded for the game in a single session lasting 62 1/2 hours. What is less known is that he also makes really interesting furniture. This "AC/DC" shifter device plays six songs of the band AC/DC simultaneously and allows for the tracks to be mixed in real time by using six tractor gear shifts.
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Jan 5, 2008 05:32 AM
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This isn't made by Ned Troide, but inspired by him. Its made by Paul Davies. Wired has a article that explains.
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There's also a very similar "Jazz Shifter" up on Mr. Davies site, so me thinks there's some nom de plume borrowing going on ... guess "Billy Mitchell" was a bit obvious.
Nevertheless, these look intriguing - too bad there's no video/audio clips of them in action.
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Sorry, a bit of makezine caching going on - Dan's comment didn't appear until after I posted.
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the first time i showed this piece i called it the 'jazz shifter' - it was an electronic music-jazz music fusion show, but it was the genesis of the whole ned troide series and became the ac/dc shifter as it is properly
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is there any audio or video of either shifter?
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Humm, I wonder if Ned thought of this before or during his time in jail?
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