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D from BC

Jan 1, 1970
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Exotic Dancer Lighting Effect
The strip clubs here have showers on stage.. I wanted to inject
laser light into the water stream to light up the water with
dazzling colour changes and strobing.

Electronic Jewelery
Stylish necklace with SMD LED's that light up with beautiful
fading patterns.

The Ultrasonic Downconvertor
Wouldn't be interesting to hear ultrasonics like dogs? Could
ultrasonic be downconverted into the audio range?

Sonic Fly Popper Gun
Point and shoot..With just the right wavelength and amplitude of
sound waves...could a fly explode? Might be more fun than a
video game..

Electric Rat Trap
Uses microwave oven transformer to zap rats. Really messy.

Instant Hard Drive Eraser
Power coil pack thats mounted on a hard drive. Tampering
instantly erases hard drive even without power.

Electronic Wallpaper and Paint
All the walls of a home are completely covered with flat screen
technology. Have a new paint colour everyday!


I'll find it funny if anybody here can tell me if these ideas
have been done before.. :)

D
 
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martin griffith

Jan 1, 1970
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On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:37:49 GMT, in sci.electronics.design
I'll find it funny if anybody here can tell me if these ideas
have been done before.. :)

D
Yep,sorry, All done,

Maybe a video enhanced burger flipper tester?


martin
 
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D from BC

Jan 1, 1970
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On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:37:49 GMT, in sci.electronics.design
I'll find it funny if anybody here can tell me if these ideas
have been done before.. :)

D
Yep,sorry, All done,

Maybe a video enhanced burger flipper tester?


martin
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D said:
Electronic Jewelery
Stylish necklace with SMD LED's that light up with beautiful
fading patterns.

Found them at the mall at around $4. They're even tri-color so they
fade between colors.Amusing but my wife won't wear them. The
microcontroller controlling it must be tiny! And I don't see anywhere
to insert/replace batteries so they probably die once the juice runs
out.
The Ultrasonic Downconvertor
Wouldn't be interesting to hear ultrasonics like dogs? Could
ultrasonic be downconverted into the audio range?

Don't you get National Geographic or Discovery Channel? That's how
people study bats whales etc. More interesting than ultrasonic
donwconverter is an infrasonic upconverter to listen to elephant long
distant calls.
Electronic Wallpaper and Paint
All the walls of a home are completely covered with flat screen
technology. Have a new paint colour everyday!

I'd do this with OLED, especially the kind manufactured using modified
bubble-jet printers. Then you get "glowing walls" lighting as well as
changing colors.
 
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D from BC

Jan 1, 1970
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D said:
Electric Rat Trap
Uses microwave oven transformer to zap rats. Really messy.

How about something for roaches?

http://members.cox.net/berniekm/zap.html

Luhan

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Checked link.. :)
I wonder if the dead bugs keep shorting out the electrode and it
allows other bugs to pass safely. Sacrifices for the species...

It'll be great to put on the floor in the washroom by the shower
:)
D
 
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Barry Lennox

Jan 1, 1970
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Exotic Dancer Lighting Effect
The strip clubs here have showers on stage.. I wanted to inject
laser light into the water stream to light up the water with
dazzling colour changes and strobing.

Seen it.
Electronic Jewelery
Stylish necklace with SMD LED's that light up with beautiful
fading patterns.

Yep, can get them in the $2 shops
The Ultrasonic Downconvertor
Wouldn't be interesting to hear ultrasonics like dogs? Could
ultrasonic be downconverted into the audio range?

2-3 magazines have carried this as a project, I have a copy of one
somewhere.

Sonic Fly Popper Gun
Point and shoot..With just the right wavelength and amplitude of
sound waves...could a fly explode? Might be more fun than a
video game..

Have not seen this one, it would be good.

Electric Rat Trap
Uses microwave oven transformer to zap rats. Really messy.

Did one about 35 years ago, not with an MOT, but an big old radar cap,
maybe 4uF at 10Kv, not messy, but very effective.
Instant Hard Drive Eraser
Power coil pack thats mounted on a hard drive. Tampering
instantly erases hard drive even without power.

IIRC some crypto devices had something along these lines installed
Electronic Wallpaper and Paint
All the walls of a home are completely covered with flat screen
technology. Have a new paint colour everyday!

Read several articles about this, I don't know if it's on-the-shelf
anywhere though.

Barry Lennox
 
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D from BC

Jan 1, 1970
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n Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:37:49 GMT, [email protected] (D from
BC)
wrote:
Exotic Dancer Lighting Effect
The strip clubs here have showers on stage.. I wanted to inject
laser light into the water stream to light up the water with
dazzling colour changes and strobing.

Seen it.
Electronic Jewelery
Stylish necklace with SMD LED's that light up with beautiful
fading patterns.

Yep, can get them in the $2 shops
The Ultrasonic Downconvertor
Wouldn't be interesting to hear ultrasonics like dogs? Could
ultrasonic be downconverted into the audio range?

2-3 magazines have carried this as a project, I have a copy of
one
somewhere.

Sonic Fly Popper Gun
Point and shoot..With just the right wavelength and amplitude of
sound waves...could a fly explode? Might be more fun than a
video game..

Have not seen this one, it would be good.

Electric Rat Trap
Uses microwave oven transformer to zap rats. Really messy.

Did one about 35 years ago, not with an MOT, but an big old
radar cap,
maybe 4uF at 10Kv, not messy, but very effective.
Instant Hard Drive Eraser
Power coil pack thats mounted on a hard drive. Tampering
instantly erases hard drive even without power.

IIRC some crypto devices had something along these lines
installed
Electronic Wallpaper and Paint
All the walls of a home are completely covered with flat screen
technology. Have a new paint colour everyday!

Read several articles about this, I don't know if it's on-the-
shelf
anywhere though.

Barry Lennox
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About the Exotic Dancer Lighting Effect

Did it look cool with the laser light beamed into the water
plumbing? Did all the shower water streams glow all the way up
to the dancer?
Did the water/light splashing off her look cool?
Was it bright?
Somewhat irrelevant but ...was she hot? :)

Hopefully it doesn't blind the exotic dancers...

D
 
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Phil Hobbs

Jan 1, 1970
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D said:
Yep,sorry, All done,

Maybe a video enhanced burger flipper tester?


martin
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Heyyy... that'll come in handy when all the McDonald's turn into
giant fully automated vending machines. :)

D

That's not so very far-fetched...a few years back I was asked to build a
hyperspectral imaging system for real-time food freshness measurements
for fast-food restaurants.

In reply, I quoted the famous speech by Nikita Khrushchev at the UN:

"NYET! NYET! NYET! NYET!" (removes shoe and bangs it on his desk) "NYET!"

Cheers,

Phil Hobbs

PS: A happy New Year to all.
 
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jasen

Jan 1, 1970
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I'll find it funny if anybody here can tell me if these ideas
have been done before.. :)
Exotic Dancer Lighting Effect
The strip clubs here have showers on stage.. I wanted to inject
laser light into the water stream to light up the water with
dazzling colour changes and strobing.

illuminated fountain streams are not new.
Electronic Jewelery
Stylish necklace with SMD LED's that light up with beautiful
fading patterns.

done before, except for the eautiful part.
The Ultrasonic Downconvertor
Wouldn't be interesting to hear ultrasonics like dogs? Could
ultrasonic be downconverted into the audio range?

kitsets are available.
Sonic Fly Popper Gun
Point and shoot..With just the right wavelength and amplitude of
sound waves...could a fly explode? Might be more fun than a
video game..

I don't think flies have a high enough Q
Electric Rat Trap
Uses microwave oven transformer to zap rats. Really messy.

at lower power, so less mess.
Instant Hard Drive Eraser
Power coil pack thats mounted on a hard drive. Tampering
instantly erases hard drive even without power.

thermite might be easier.
Electronic Wallpaper and Paint
All the walls of a home are completely covered with flat screen
technology. Have a new paint colour everyday!

dunno.

Bye.
Jasen
 
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Jan Panteltje

Jan 1, 1970
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Electronic Jewelery
Stylish necklace with SMD LED's that light up with beautiful
fading patterns.

Has been done.

The Ultrasonic Downconvertor
Wouldn't be interesting to hear ultrasonics like dogs? Could
ultrasonic be downconverted into the audio range?

For sale at many places as 'bat detector'.
Electronic Wallpaper and Paint
All the walls of a home are completely covered with flat screen
technology. Have a new paint colour everyday!

Can be done with enough $$$$$$$$$$$
 
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Nico Coesel

Jan 1, 1970
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Exotic Dancer Lighting Effect
The strip clubs here have showers on stage.. I wanted to inject
laser light into the water stream to light up the water with
dazzling colour changes and strobing.

Go to Amsterdam and have more fun for less money :)
Electronic Jewelery
Stylish necklace with SMD LED's that light up with beautiful
fading patterns.

Duhh, diamonds are a girl's best friend.
The Ultrasonic Downconvertor
Wouldn't be interesting to hear ultrasonics like dogs? Could
ultrasonic be downconverted into the audio range?

Yes, look for a vocoder.
Electronic Wallpaper and Paint
All the walls of a home are completely covered with flat screen
technology. Have a new paint colour everyday!

I once came across a website of someone who made a floor with tiles
with LED lighting which could be set to any color controlled by a
computer. Just like to good old disco floors. Really cool. I just
doubt my wife would appreciate such a floor.
 
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linnix

Jan 1, 1970
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D said:
n Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:37:49 GMT, [email protected] (D from
BC)
wrote:


Seen it.

Do we have to pay the employer for field testings?
...


Did one about 35 years ago, not with an MOT, but an big old
radar cap,
maybe 4uF at 10Kv, not messy, but very effective.

Helped with designing the one sold at Home Depot.
It's patented, not for the zapping circuit, but the scents of the
mouse.
It's a closely guarded secret for how they do it.
We just get the black box circuit.
 
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Jim Thompson

Jan 1, 1970
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Exotic Dancer Lighting Effect
The strip clubs here have showers on stage.. I wanted to inject
laser light into the water stream to light up the water with
dazzling colour changes and strobing.
[snip]

D

I designed lighting systems and boom-boxes for discos in the late
'70's, early '80's ;-)

...Jim Thompson
 
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krw

Jan 1, 1970
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To-Email- said:
Exotic Dancer Lighting Effect
The strip clubs here have showers on stage.. I wanted to inject
laser light into the water stream to light up the water with
dazzling colour changes and strobing.
[snip]

D

I designed lighting systems and boom-boxes for discos in the late
'70's, early '80's ;-)

I visited Tektronix in Beaverton OR in early '81 (a year after St.
Hellens blew its stack). Earthquake Ethel's was on everyone's
must-see list. The show was run by a PDP-11/03, IIRC.
 
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D from BC

Jan 1, 1970
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D said:
n Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:37:49 GMT, [email protected] (D from

Seen it.

Do we have to pay the employer for field testings?
...


Did one about 35 years ago, not with an MOT, but an big old
radar cap,
maybe 4uF at 10Kv, not messy, but very effective.

Helped with designing the one sold at Home Depot.
It's patented, not for the zapping circuit, but the scents of
the
mouse.
It's a closely guarded secret for how they do it.
We just get the black box circuit.

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Exotic Dancer Lighting Effect
Yesss the field testing would be fun :)
And gotta take pictures too for documentation and the product
brochure :) Oh yeah baby! "Now turn around...bit more"..:)
.. ..........
Electric Rat Trap
"but the scents of the mouse" ??? (from above) Do you mean mouse
sensor?

My 1st temptation would be to have an RF oscillator design.. The
rat would run through the feedback coupling circuit and a
detector senses a disturbance.
D
 
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JoeBloe

Jan 1, 1970
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How about something for roaches?

http://members.cox.net/berniekm/zap.html

Luhan

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The roasted bug would be less conductive (more dry) than fresh bugs.

The fresh bug would always be enough of a less resistive path to
bite it.

Make the thing flip up perpendicular once a day to off load bugs
into a bin. Should also have a blank area in the middle to act as a
bait location. Roaches smell the air with their antennae.
It'll be great to put on the floor in the washroom by the shower
:)

Only if you set up a camera, and grab us a video of you stepping on
it after a shower.
 
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JoeBloe

Jan 1, 1970
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Exotic Dancer Lighting Effect
The strip clubs here have showers on stage.. I wanted to inject
laser light into the water stream to light up the water with
dazzling colour changes and strobing.
[snip]

D

I designed lighting systems and boom-boxes for discos in the late
'70's, early '80's ;-)

...Jim Thompson

Now... try the G-Force audio add on for MS Media Player. They also
have a screen saver, but it is the ultimate sound activated light box,
and you can even use your own images.

http://www.soundspectrum.com/g-force/
 
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JoeBloe

Jan 1, 1970
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Do we have to pay the employer for field testings?


Helped with designing the one sold at Home Depot.
It's patented, not for the zapping circuit, but the scents of
the
mouse.
It's a closely guarded secret for how they do it.
We just get the black box circuit.

.
-----------------
Exotic Dancer Lighting Effect
Yesss the field testing would be fun :)
And gotta take pictures too for documentation and the product
brochure :) Oh yeah baby! "Now turn around...bit more"..:)
. ..........
Electric Rat Trap
"but the scents of the mouse" ??? (from above) Do you mean mouse
sensor?

My 1st temptation would be to have an RF oscillator design.. The
rat would run through the feedback coupling circuit and a
detector senses a disturbance.
D

Naaaah... Lead the rat to a maze, and have it search for scents
endlessly till its poor widdle heart gives out.

Or... Lead it to a box with a small amount of polonium 210 in it.
 
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