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Oh, I like it. It looks like a lot of fun- and I agree, the music was great.

Have you considered using parabolic mirrors in your projections of light?
You can find small ones that are fairly inexpensive and lightweight
(plastic). They can create some interesting effects with light. Also, if you
submerge them in water (try coloring it if you don't have any luck) you can
create points of light under water. Put it on a gymbal and you've got some
fun.

Another cheap and cheerful thing to try is using fluorescent light diffusers
for fx mixed with shadow-making and/or more moire madness:
http://www.mcmaster.com/#parabolic-light-diffusers/=c2opi

Maria

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On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Daniel Bartolini
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> To everyone who has responded to Eric Siegel's post, and to everyone who
> mayrespond later, Thank You for the feedback.
> I am a member of the Exhibits team working on this project, and your ideas
> are well taken. Despite the rapidly shrinking timeline to complete the
> project (3 weeks), we have by no means "finalized" designs on some of the
> pieces. You've given us further fodder for the process.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Daniel Bartolini
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> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 6:11 PM, Jeff Courtman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > Eric:  Great use of youtube.  Seeing the overhead projector reminded me
> of
> > a simple project David Sanders created for The Science Place (through the
> > Exploratorium's/NSF staff training project).
> >
> > Dave build a small plex container, about 2 inches high, and about the
> size
> > of the projecting area, creating a very simple, easy-to-manipulate ripple
> > tank.  I think we used a small squeeze bulb (about the size we used to
> use
> > to clean our children's noses). You can create puffs of air, or you can
> drip
> > drops of water into the 'tank' and the wave patterns are quite visible.
>  You
> > can obviously add simple cut out acrylic shapes to look at reflections,
> etc.
> > Very nice and very simple use of shadows to help make the invisible
> > visible.
> >
> > I give a second big thumbs down to ambient music.  Another reason,
> besides
> > staff insanity, is needing a volume control that responds to ambient
> sound
> > level in the room.  Doable, but do you really want to?
> >
> > Loved the play idea of making structures and feeding into the wind silos.
> >  I would probably want to put some of these shapes on a stick (like the
> > cutouts) so they could be studied a bit more as they turned.....
> >
> > Thanks for the chance to kibbitz and kudos for your staff for offering
> this
> > up for critique!
> >
> >
> >
> >
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