Virtual Fireworks Machine From Sega
Virtual Fireworks Machine From Sega
July 4, 2009
So you'd like to put on a July 4th fireworks show for your crew but lack the...
- money
- permits
- pyrotechnic expertise
- all of the above
No problem. As Oh Gizmo reports:
Sega’s got a new projector coming out... it will project a pre-programmed fireworks show on the ceiling or walls of your home, and that you’ll be able to design your own show from a library of 55 different virtual pyrotechnic displays. It will be powered by 3xAAA batteries so the projector is most definitely portable, and it will retail for about $160.
Unfortunately, the device won't launch until August, so this idea will have to wait for your Independence Day, 2010 bash.
Via: Gizmodo
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Posted 11/07/09 at 03:34pm
ZippyDSMlee: ggrrrrr......vista lost one of my hard drives and I had a heart attack thinking I lost 1TB of data....
ZippyDSMlee: ggrrrrr......vista lost one of my hard drives and I had a heart attack thinking I lost 1TB of data....
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:58am
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:56am
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:51am
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:48am
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:11am
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:07am
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:05am
JDKJ: I'm no psychologist, but I'm told that crazy people have a tendency to do crazy things.
JDKJ: I'm no psychologist, but I'm told that crazy people have a tendency to do crazy things.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:03am
chadachada321: Whoops, was out of the convo for awhile. I do wonder what type of ammo he used etc, but the real issue is WHY he did it, not HOW
chadachada321: Whoops, was out of the convo for awhile. I do wonder what type of ammo he used etc, but the real issue is WHY he did it, not HOW
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:56am
JDKJ: But if it turns out that they actually did, they'll have Hell to pay.
JDKJ: But if it turns out that they actually did, they'll have Hell to pay.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:45am
JDKJ: And I'd tend to rule out the possibilty of FN Herstal supplying restricted ammunition to someone merely because they're ordering it from a military base.
JDKJ: And I'd tend to rule out the possibilty of FN Herstal supplying restricted ammunition to someone merely because they're ordering it from a military base.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:37am
JDKJ: I know you don't leave your gated community and get around much in dark alleys, so you may be surprised to learn that there's this thing called "the black market" where, if you've got enough money, ain't too much of anything which can't be bought.
JDKJ: I know you don't leave your gated community and get around much in dark alleys, so you may be surprised to learn that there's this thing called "the black market" where, if you've got enough money, ain't too much of anything which can't be bought.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:36am
Austin_Lewis: Or, maybe he or someone else at the base ordered the SS190 from FN Herstal.
Austin_Lewis: Or, maybe he or someone else at the base ordered the SS190 from FN Herstal.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:32am
Austin_Lewis: the hands of private owners. They run about 300 dollars minimum for a box of 50, and boxes of AP 5.7 are extremely scarce, mainly residing in the hands of Class III stores or individuals who for one reason or another got a demo box of it.
Austin_Lewis: the hands of private owners. They run about 300 dollars minimum for a box of 50, and boxes of AP 5.7 are extremely scarce, mainly residing in the hands of Class III stores or individuals who for one reason or another got a demo box of it.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:30am
Austin_Lewis: There are other firearms that fire the 5.7. However, I too would like to know where he got the ammo and what kind was used. Maybe Hasan, planning not to live through this, went out and bought one the boxes of SS190 that are floating around in
Austin_Lewis: There are other firearms that fire the 5.7. However, I too would like to know where he got the ammo and what kind was used. Maybe Hasan, planning not to live through this, went out and bought one the boxes of SS190 that are floating around in
Posted 11/07/09 at 08:44am
JDKJ: And it isn't yet clear what type of ammunition Hasan used. It's strange that he purchased a gun but didn't purchase ammunition for it at the same place and time. Especially because the calibre required is peculiar to the actual gun.
JDKJ: And it isn't yet clear what type of ammunition Hasan used. It's strange that he purchased a gun but didn't purchase ammunition for it at the same place and time. Especially because the calibre required is peculiar to the actual gun.
Posted 11/07/09 at 08:40am
JDKJ: We can sit here all day and debate the relative merits. However, I think the events of recent days suggest that an FN Five-Seven ain't exactly the same as that Daisy BB gun you got for Christmas when you were a kid.
JDKJ: We can sit here all day and debate the relative merits. However, I think the events of recent days suggest that an FN Five-Seven ain't exactly the same as that Daisy BB gun you got for Christmas when you were a kid.
Posted 11/07/09 at 08:38am
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: tumbling can be quite dangerous. However, the rounds that commonly tumbled were variants of the SS90. Civilian ammo tends to tumble far less commonly.
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: tumbling can be quite dangerous. However, the rounds that commonly tumbled were variants of the SS90. Civilian ammo tends to tumble far less commonly.
Posted 11/07/09 at 08:33am
JDKJ: I understand that while they don't have much expansion effect, they tend to "yaw" on impact. Yaw can be almost just as damaging as mushrooming.
JDKJ: I understand that while they don't have much expansion effect, they tend to "yaw" on impact. Yaw can be almost just as damaging as mushrooming.
Posted 11/07/09 at 08:30am
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: Except when one considers the lack of expansion for the 5.7, it basically ends up leaving a far smaller hole.
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: Except when one considers the lack of expansion for the 5.7, it basically ends up leaving a far smaller hole.
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August is the start of fireworks "season" in Japan, so Sega is hitting their primary customers perfectly!
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In Japan, they don't have much room for open spaces to have public displays in, so I can certainly see the advantage of something like this.
Personally, I have a pet hatred of Fireworks, I live in the UK, which means between about August and the end of November, a night doesn't go past without some idiot setting them off, particularly those bloody 'whistling' ones, what on Earth is the point of those?
What do they celebrate in the UK from August thru November?
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It's usually a collection of Weddings, Birthdays and fact that most shops used to start stocking fireworks for Guy-Fawkes (In November) from around August.
Thanks to some new laws, this is dying down, at least.
I do think the heart has gone out of it.. it used to be local communities with bonfires and fireworks in someones back garden, then the councils started having bigger local displays and the local ones all but died out (not completely, but they're getting rare).
Heck, you don't even see kids with sparklers any more... I used to *love* those things.. and they've banned you from letting off your own fireworks at the 'official' ones because it shows up how utterly lame the official display is (£25 per person for about 3 rockets a catherine wheel and a display that says 'good night').
The banned penny for the guy because it was 'begging' (then imported 'trick or treat' from the US which is equally begging, but carries a threat of violence with it.. strange world), they banned handmade bonfires because of smoke pollution laws. Don't know why they don't just go the whole hog and ban the whole night, since the powers that be seem to hate it s much.
Problem was, incidents were on the rise of people being irresponsible with the Fireworks and harming other people and family pets with them, sometimes accidentally, sometimes deliberately.
The bannings were our own fault really, we were given permission to, one night a year, set off a load of explosive devices for our own pleasure, but people started abusing that, the period of year that included fireworks got larger and larger, the back-garden displays went on later and later into the night, into the point where it was actually becoming silly enough that laws were needed.
It's a pity, I used to enjoy Fireworks, Health and Safety be damned, but it ended up getting to the point where when I heard the first firework of the year (around July time) I'd just facepalm.
You know what you could do instead? Purchase a pipe as wide as a firework bulb, stick the pipe into the ground or a small, weighted platform, and then launch fireworks from the pipe. Costs less, twice as fun.
And about a billion times more deadly AND a trillion times more illegal.
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I dunno. The thing that I really enjoy about the fireworks is hearing the blasts, and feeling the concussive blasts hit me.
Also an AC option would also be nice. AAA batteries won't last long. Since it's a unit that you don't have to HOLD to operate, i'd rather it be some D cell batteries, or have the AC adapter.
I'm guessing that, since it's intended for indoor use primarily, that it would have an AC adaptor, as well as surround sound outputs.
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Freedom of speech means the freedom to say ANYTHING, so long as it is the truth. This does not exclude anything that might hurt someone's feelings.
Seems like a lot of money to spend on something that is not only kind of frivolous, but also not very versatile, especially in these economic times. Does it have any other uses? I think I'll buy food instead, thanks.
"De minimus non curat lex"
The concept is interesting, but the execution looks lame. Looks like a bunch of slides are lit a different times instead of procedurally generating them in real-time. Would also benefit from a way to sense the room/ceiling shape and adjust the projection accordingly. Don't forget the stereoscopic glasses with polarized lenses.
i'd rather go outside