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This idea came to me several years ago, but this was before I found the hb, so I didn't know what to do with it.
Basically it's a tower of trampolines. Each level is half trampoline, half open space, except at the top, and the "floors" are staggered, and 15 feet apart. In order to reach the next
floor
up, you must bounce to reach it. There would be ropes hanging over the lower level, 10 feet up from each floor, so the only way to get to the next floor is to jump 10 feet, grap a rope, climb 5 feet, then do this over and over again until you reach the top floor.
There would be a wide assortment of treats awaiting the victorious, such as bookstores, StarBucks coffee, massage rooms, etc., a paradise that you have to work hard to get to. There would be elevators to get back down.
There would be several towers of varying heights to offer progressive levels of challenge, with more enticing rewards at the tops of each progressively taller tower.
This would be a wonderful addition to society. It would encourage people to excercise (the lazy and out-of shape would never be able to reach to top unless they changed their ways), thus creating a better, more harmonious society.
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Wonderful! Though I would prefer a helter-skelter to an elevator as a method of descent. |
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Well, the whole point of the elevator is to provide a means of egress without damaging or losing anything you bought at the top of the tower. But I see no reason a helter-skelter could not be available alongside the elevator. Heck, that would provide even more entertainment for those on the elevator, watching people go down the helter-skelter....Thanks for the great idea! |
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This idea was used on a British advert for processed fish rectangles, some children used them as a means of reaching the top of a cliff. |
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I was going to post an idea for Air Traffic Control Tower Helter Skelter descent, to give the maximally stressed staff a post-work pick me up but I see that I was thinking insufficiently bigly. A bouncy ATC tower with wagster's helter skelter mod would surely result in an invigorated profession and fewer of those regular and hushed-up near misses. |
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wonderful idea if scaled down for a kids play place or chuck e cheese's |
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Even better if scaled up to skyscraper-sized elasticated edifice, an entirely self-contained bouncy community from which few ever choose to stray [+]. |
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What if you could bungie jump back down? |
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Might want to overlap the levels to
make it a bit safer, unless that's what
you meant. The safer it is, the easier it
is to avoid lawsuits right?
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Could there be a large padded pool
filled with more foam padding to jump
into somewhere in there? |
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It is indeed what I meant, Eugene.
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Perhaps for the exit, you could have a busboy run your things down a staff-only elevator and you could dive down into a large, deep pool filled with custard? Trained lifeguards on duty, of course. |
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I had a dream once when I was a young boy about a house with slides and tubes to get you from the top to the bottom, instead of stairs, oddly placed levels etc. But my mind could never figure out how to get back to the top again. You've solved that problem. Thank you! |
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Happy to oblige. 'twas my pleasure! |
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I think getting down, using the trampolines, would be the biggest challenge, and is the real reason I'd like to see this thing made. |
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Please, someone get someone to build this. The world will be a better place. |
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Baked in many computer games...""wouldn't it be great if..."[-] |
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right on , climbing and jumping are underrated |
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I was just thinking about this idea yesterday. And here it is, back on top. It bounced back up :) |
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//you could dive down into a large, deep pool filled with custard//
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<winces, inhales sharply, and shakes head>
I think pretty much everyone here knows enough about the properties of custard to know what would happen.
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Anyhow - I'm surprised I didn't bun this the last time it was churned. [+] Rectified. |
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i need this to exist, despite the inevitable fatalities and lawsuits. [+] |
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If we can get some funding, I'd be happy to make it a reality for you. |
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Don't know how I missed this. <want> |
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Me too. I need something like this in my life. |
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This idea seems mysteriously to have lost all its votes. I have
kickstarted the restoration fund. [+] |
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