This gent has improved on good design and has the equipment, skills and attention to detail to make what I think is the most amazing and complex table ever. Oh, and they sell for 40 to 70k each.
First, the video: Second, which of the following do you think are true?
This is way cool. A RaspberryPi and 4 Atmega 168P control: - 6 independent sections of halogen lights - 27 Independently controlled 1W LEDs for various effects - 3 independent 3W RGB LEDs for ambient color effects - 3 independent 3W LEDs for thunders and moon simulation - 3 independent 10W LEDs for Aquarium lighting - 2 independent fans for wind simulation - 3 Fog generators - 2 independent solenoids for rain control - Temperature monitoring All lights fully dimable. Full control over fan speed. Extendable design for further improvements by adding new control modules. Speakers for thunder. ... and it's based off astronomical calculations for sun and moon movement. If you've read Daniel Suarez's Daemon you'll be happy (or maybe not) to know how Magic Leap could make part of that world possible. In a nutshell, an interactive, cinematic-level of reality superimposed onto your surroundings. This is different from, but equally compelling to, the metaverse as described in Neil Stephenson's Snow Crash. In other words a completely different, utterly immersive and persistent world which Oculus Rift could be key to.
This is going to be cool! Making is, at it's core, learning by doing. That means there is going to be some failure involved at some point. But once you see failure as part of the learning process, as opposed to the way we have traditionally seen learning, It's learning by iteration as opposed to learning by absorbing a model. That means rather than the case of once your out to the environment that provides the models (i.e., school) learning isn't over, even things taught at schools like design, programming, electronics, wood working, welding, etc. Khan Academy says is vey well in this in video. Funny and cute...but basically right. If you're really short on time, 2:30 on is the meat of it. See you tomorrow! |
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