Life of Pi Ep.56: Pi turned the fireflies into a light show. The toad ate it.
A musical fidget slider turns a clattering wind chime into Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, lighting up fireflies one note at a time. This is an echoPi video. echoPi is an EDC fidget slider and pocketable instrument: its clicks are real physical stops you can set up in the app, and every click can play a note. Turn the sound off and it becomes a quiet fidget for the office. echoPi is in development.
Life of Pi Ep.56: Pi turned the fireflies into a light show. The toad ate it.
Animated short. Hardware in development.
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One note, one firefly
A gust sends the porch wind chime clattering. Pi pushes one note at a time and turns the noise into Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and every note lights up a firefly on the lawn. Soon the whole swarm flashes with him and swirls into one glowing ball. One silent beat later, a toad leaps up and swallows it whole. Its belly keeps blinking to the tune. It burps out a single firefly, Pi gives a guilty little push, and the first real star comes out.
Music: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (1761 French melody) with Mozart-style runs after K. 265 (1781), public domain, own arrangement.