"Time Fountain" device

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Post by joevennix » Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:34 pm

That was on hackaday or makezine awhile back. That thing is really cool, really original too. Who would've thought to do that?
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Post by Felino » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:25 pm

The blue look pathetic, looks better when mixed with yellow.
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Post by CronoTriggerfan » Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:27 am

Very creative use of hardware, I bet that thing would be fun to mess around with at parties! :P

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Post by Felino » Sat Jun 23, 2007 1:09 am

Need to make a massive one somewhere, like a waterfall.
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Post by timmeh87 » Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:13 am

hm. come to think of it, I have myself a rather large strobe light. its gotta be a few hundred watts. I guess all I need is something to make the garden hose drip in a predictable pattern and for it to be night... sounds easy...
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Post by Felino » Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:47 am

WOuld that amount of UV be harmfull to you?
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Post by timmeh87 » Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:21 am

its not UV.

the only reason that one is UV is cause it looks cool and makes it more visible.
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Post by Felino » Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:15 am

Thats what i meant. So there is only one UV led in the whole thing?
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Post by timmeh87 » Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:01 pm

the whole what thing? the time fountain in the video? it looks like theres about 20.
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Post by Felino » Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:38 am

Back to my question, in the video, is that amount of UV harmfull to us!!!
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Post by khaag » Tue Jun 26, 2007 1:09 am

Probably not...
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Post by usbcd36 » Tue Jun 26, 2007 1:43 am

It says in the original Time Fountain text that, since they're strobing, it's not that harmful. Just…don't stare directly into them for a few hours, or even a few minutes. If you're cautious, you shouldn't get hurt.

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Post by Felino » Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:24 am

Durr, but even so, i want one in my room you hear me?
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Post by Edutainment » Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:33 am

sdh wrote:That was kind of neat also, but has no "time traveling" :P involved, hehe.
I think he calls it that because it makes you think you're traveling (or stopping) time because how you can make the drop stop or go backwards... Just saying! :o

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Post by sdh » Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:58 am

Edutainment wrote:I think he calls it that because it makes you think you're traveling (or stopping) time because how you can make the drop stop or go backwards... Just saying! :o
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