Gym machine modified to play Portal theme song (video)

[Video Link] A student modified this gym machine's CPU to play the theme song from Portal. Modding unlikely machines to play Portal is kind of a thing!

(thanks, jennybean42!)

• [retchdog]

  keep on jogging ’til you burn off that cake.

• [MelSkunk]

  I have the biggest smile on my face right now

• [jon_anon]

  Great hack. But… ok, the highest parts of the tune have been moved an octave lower, which I can understand, because in the original register they might have been out of range. BUT THE LOWEST NOTES ARE AN OCTAVE TOO LOW! does not compute…

  • [retchdog]

    i’m not a musician, but doesn’t it make some sense to try to maintain the same dynamic frequency range?

    • [Sam Pourasghar]

      I’ve never been much good with words, which is why I find myself in such a delicate conundrum. My English is, how you say, inelegant.

      • [retchdog]

        well, i have dabbled in the holophonor.

• [Christopher Darren Horn]

  Sweeeeeeet!   LOL!

• [jennybean42]

  I had a really difficult afternoon. That my submitterated thing made the page just gave me a MUCh needed smile– just like the video in the first place.  :-)

• [dculberson]

  Cybex you are my only friend.

• [Pat Eisel]

  Just went to Amazon and bought MP3 Still Alive. Good night.

• [Jeff]

  I just played that with my infant sleeping behind me and she seemed to like it. Now I’d really love to have a GlaDOS-shaped wind up music box for her crib…