Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #06266
To: "beam@sgiblab.sgi.com" beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "Dan Larson" dlarson@citilink.com
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 12:24:01 -0600
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: vibration as "locomotion"?
Anyone remember those "vibrating" football games?
The little players scoot around in a similar fashion
while the whole game table vibrated at 60hz. If someone
had one, they could glue a pager motor to one of the players
and let it loose on a hard surface to see what happens.
Dan
On Thu, 30 Sep 1999 09:42:59 -0700 (PDT), Lee Golden wrote:
>One of my other silly hobbies is collecting wind-up
>toys. There is a Thomas the Tank Engine wind up that
>has a bristle-brush bottom and vibrates when you wind
>it up. The thing travels all over the place, and
>seems to have very little friction and contact with
>the surface it is placed on. Of course, this will
>only work on a perfectly smooth surface like a table
>top...
>
>Lee Golden
>
>--- James G Watt wrote:
>> This could be fun if used in conjunction with
>> BRISTLES.
>>
>> I remember seeing film of an experimental japanese
>> vehicle that
>> travelled by vibrating on a bed of angled bristles.
>> You can even guide
>> the thing (to some extent) by changing the angle of
>> the bristles.
>> --
>> James G Watt
>>
>> http://www.kinetic-arts.demon.co.uk
>> Part of the Video Arcade Game Collectors WebRing.
>>
>> You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all
>> alike.
>>
>
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