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Take a 1" bundle of fiber optic
cables
[about 1000 strands] and hang
them
upside down, from a fixture. They
are
each about 1-2' long, depending on
your taste. Light them from the
fixture [the light points downward].
Use some version of a Van de Graff
generator to charge the entire
apparatus to a high voltage - each
fiber optic cable repels from the
rest
and the entire fixture fans outward,
creating a downward facing
hemisphere. Use an RC
discharge circuit, and it falls back to
it's bundled state. Oscillate these
two
effects slowly, and the fiber optics
will pulse back and forth at a slow
rate providing a calming but
dynamic
lighting display.
Illustration
http://www.bea.st/s.../pages/P8270119.htm
Semi-charged state, to give the general idea [currently testing this]. [xercyn, Oct 06 2004, last modified Oct 17 2004]
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The tradition would be for a bolt of electricity to leap out onto their heads. |
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Fibers need a conductive surface for fast enough discharge. - The tradition could be that it drops small bits of highly charged packing foam on people in the vicinity. Those are hard to remove and make you look real messy. ;-) |
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Blame it on the Van de Graff... |
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I like this.
It's like something Charles Eames would have thought of if he were still around. |
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