[math-fun] Personalized fireworks -- your face in the sky
FYI -- Didn't Arthur C. Clarke invent something like this back in the 1950's ? http://www.firebox.com/product/5314/Personalised-Fireworks Always wanted to see your face in lights? Now you can! With Personalised Fireworks you can plaster your smiling phizzog right across the night sky. A jaw-dropping climax to any fireworks display, this bespoke box will ignite up to 200 brilliant white rockets all at once, to create a startling likeness of your face that can be seen from up to 30km away. Just set up the self-contained box  making sure itÂs facing the right direction  light the single fuse and retreat to the minimum safe distance (approx. 200m). In a blinding explosion that will completely ionize the paper box, your personalised display will launch every single rocket into the sky simultaneously, producing the equivalent of full stadium lighting for up to 5 seconds. Upload your photo The software begins to plot out the detail Your face is in the sky So how does it work? Well, all we need is your favourite profile picture. The Chinese boffins behind this miraculous invention will then identify the most distinctive parts of your face using advanced mapping software. Selecting from a Âpalette of over 5000 unique rockets, a fully automated manufacturing process will then decide how best to illustrate them as an explosion. It will then optimise their position in your Personalised Fireworks box, making it a convenient and portable size. Planning to launch multiple personalities at your next display? No problem. Each box features your original picture on the front and your choice of charming message ( , , , or ). Which also makes it the perfect gift at weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, birthdays or wakes. So whether itÂs to wow the crowds on November 5th [Guy Fawkes Day], signal for help, or just guide friends to your campsite at the next festival, Personalised Fireworks will sure to blow up in your face. In a good way.
="Henry Baker" <hbaker1@pipeline.com> ... your choice of charming message ( , , , or ).
I was wondering what was "redacted" here, so I went to the website and pasted the Chinese characters into Google translate, which yielded: "Happy New Year, ugly, not exposed to direct sunlight, or thank Google Translate"
You might want to click on the "pre-order" link for important additional information. This page has been up for one month and one day---that is, since April 1. Andy On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> wrote:
FYI -- Didn't Arthur C. Clarke invent something like this back in the 1950's ?
http://www.firebox.com/product/5314/Personalised-Fireworks
Always wanted to see your face in lights? Now you can! With Personalised Fireworks you can plaster your smiling phizzog right across the night sky.
A jaw-dropping climax to any fireworks display, this bespoke box will ignite up to 200 brilliant white rockets all at once, to create a startling likeness of your face that can be seen from up to 30km away. Just set up the self-contained box – making sure it’s facing the right direction – light the single fuse and retreat to the minimum safe distance (approx. 200m). In a blinding explosion that will completely ionize the paper box, your personalised display will launch every single rocket into the sky simultaneously, producing the equivalent of full stadium lighting for up to 5 seconds.
Upload your photo
The software begins to plot out the detail
Your face is in the sky
So how does it work? Well, all we need is your favourite profile picture. The Chinese boffins behind this miraculous invention will then identify the most distinctive parts of your face using advanced mapping software. Selecting from a ‘palette’ of over 5000 unique rockets, a fully automated manufacturing process will then decide how best to illustrate them as an explosion. It will then optimise their position in your Personalised Fireworks box, making it a convenient and portable size.
Planning to launch multiple personalities at your next display? No problem. Each box features your original picture on the front and your choice of charming message ( , , , or ). Which also makes it the perfect gift at weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, birthdays or wakes.
So whether it’s to wow the crowds on November 5th [Guy Fawkes Day], signal for help, or just guide friends to your campsite at the next festival, Personalised Fireworks will sure to blow up in your face. In a good way.
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It seems like it would be plausible to display something like a space invader or maybe Mario, where the number of pixels is small and it's immediately recognizable. The care required to spatially align many pixels and get the timing right would cost far more than $80, though. On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Andy Latto <andy.latto@pobox.com> wrote:
You might want to click on the "pre-order" link for important additional information. This page has been up for one month and one day---that is, since April 1.
Andy
On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> wrote:
FYI -- Didn't Arthur C. Clarke invent something like this back in the 1950's ?
http://www.firebox.com/product/5314/Personalised-Fireworks
Always wanted to see your face in lights? Now you can! With Personalised Fireworks you can plaster your smiling phizzog right across the night sky.
A jaw-dropping climax to any fireworks display, this bespoke box will ignite up to 200 brilliant white rockets all at once, to create a startling likeness of your face that can be seen from up to 30km away. Just set up the self-contained box – making sure it’s facing the right direction – light the single fuse and retreat to the minimum safe distance (approx. 200m). In a blinding explosion that will completely ionize the paper box, your personalised display will launch every single rocket into the sky simultaneously, producing the equivalent of full stadium lighting for up to 5 seconds.
Upload your photo
The software begins to plot out the detail
Your face is in the sky
So how does it work? Well, all we need is your favourite profile picture. The Chinese boffins behind this miraculous invention will then identify the most distinctive parts of your face using advanced mapping software. Selecting from a ‘palette’ of over 5000 unique rockets, a fully automated manufacturing process will then decide how best to illustrate them as an explosion. It will then optimise their position in your Personalised Fireworks box, making it a convenient and portable size.
Planning to launch multiple personalities at your next display? No problem. Each box features your original picture on the front and your choice of charming message ( , , , or ). Which also makes it the perfect gift at weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, birthdays or wakes.
So whether it’s to wow the crowds on November 5th [Guy Fawkes Day], signal for help, or just guide friends to your campsite at the next festival, Personalised Fireworks will sure to blow up in your face. In a good way.
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