When I was a kid we used to create cartoons in our textbooks by hand- you sort of flip the edge of the pages and watch the animation. A weathervane could be made with a large number of flaps (like a big rolodex) that have an amusing cartoon on them. Depending on the direction of the wind, the cartoon would go backwards or forwards. Probably wouldn't be so funny in a hurricane-too blurry.-- Rm Brz, Apr 02 2006 Cup Anemometer http://www.arm.ac.u...rep2000/node13.htmlI suspect that this idea would work better with an anemometer than a plain old weathervane. [jurist, Apr 03 2006] Pretty cool idea, actually.
How would you return frames to the front?-- zack112358, Apr 02 2006 There's no return- because of the rotational nature of the device, there would be just a repeating motion. Maybe big lips kissing over and over or a guy getting hit on the head. There could be advertising applications as well. Another cool thing is that the cartoon is visible from all sides of the building.-- Rm Brz, Apr 02 2006 +1-- po, Apr 02 2006 Thank you, Jurist- I was actually looking for that very word.-- Rm Brz, Apr 03 2006 I like the lowtech aspect of this. You would need a pinwheel with a single cog that came around to flip up the next page.-- bungston, Apr 03 2006 Perhaps best with an animation of a cock rising in the morning.-- ConsulFlaminicus, Apr 03 2006 + Churnage.-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Apr 20 2006 I've been to Vegas where prostitution is legal...the idea for a repetitious advertising cartoon for a brothel is disturbing, to say the least.-- P-p-polly, Jun 04 2006 I saw a show once where these clay figures spun on the spokes of a horizontal wheel. A strobe light made the clay shape in front of you apparently change shape. Very cool stuff. Anyway, lightning may have the same effect. BUN!-- daseva, Jul 27 2006 random, halfbakery