[dorkbotpdx-blabber] LIGHTBAR is under construction!

Mykle Hansen mykle at mykle.com
Wed Jan 21 20:06:16 EST 2009


i am way into all of that!  so far i have one other maybe-source
for additional lasers, which would be some pro multi-colored
DMX-controlled units, but i don't think nearly as programmable
as what you're describing.  i just had a look at the Pangolin
software and it looks perfect.  (i also had a look at Pangolin
the scaly mammal from Africa: totally invited!)

-m-

On Jan 21, 2009, at 1:04 PMWednesday, William wrote:

> Don't know if you've ever heard of Pangolin, but I have an old  
> controller and software, a few song modules, and can make it work  
> with winamp to dance around to music.  The laser itself is a green  
> one, about 50mW.  Unfortunately that won't give the great colors  
> that you'd get at OMSI, but it can do the same moves.  Just in  
> green.  If anybody has decent red or blue lasers, we could make it  
> color, unfortunately the only red I have right now has a beam that's  
> too fat to fit on the scanner mirrors.  I don't know what OMSI has  
> now, but when I worked there a couple years ago, the scanners they  
> were using were the same model as what this one uses.
>
> I don't know if anybody saw or heard about a laser on an apartment  
> building last summer in Sellwood, but that was me.  Just put a sheet  
> up outside, and once it got dark out, I'd turn it on.  It's not all  
> that bright, especially compared to the monster they have at OMSI,  
> but if things are dark enough, it's still fun.

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