Life of Pi Ep.88: I played ragtime and the neon cat came alive.
A musical fidget slider plays Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag one push at a time, and every note strikes one tube of a dead neon cat sign, higher notes higher up, until the cat is whole and the real alley cat below arches with it. 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.88: I played ragtime and the neon cat came alive.
Animated short. Hardware in development.
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A neon-lit alley at night. Every slide on Pi's lid plays the next note of the Maple Leaf Rag, and each note buzzes one tube of a dead neon cat sign back to life, the higher the note, the higher the tube.
Once the cat is whole it wags its tail. On the last push the sign flips to an arched-back frame, and the real alley cat by the wall arches at the same moment.
Music: Scott Joplin, Maple Leaf Rag (1899, public domain), own arrangement.