Comments on: POV Orb project http://hackaday.com/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/ Fresh hacks every day Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:05:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Will Brennan http://hackaday.com/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/comment-page-1/#comment-114231 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:46:20 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/#comment-114231 I belive this was first made by Nick Sears and he showed it in a TED Talk,

http://www.ted.com/talks/nick_sears_demos_the_orb.html

but Im amazed he manged to build one as I’ve been stuck on it for along time

]]> By: charles urrea http://hackaday.com/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/comment-page-1/#comment-23884 Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:50:00 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/#comment-23884 The one with the two motors and spinning disks seems backwards to me. I would use a shaft that had two hub motors and a spiral pattern of slots cut into the disk towards the edge of the motor to allow for optical sensors to act as a resolver.Thus giving a location of the disk at any given moment.
Being that they would want speed and not torque, the hub motors would work well for this application.
This would put the weight of the system to the center and allow for an unobstructed view.

]]> By: andrew http://hackaday.com/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/comment-page-1/#comment-23883 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 05:09:51 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/#comment-23883 that is a really sweet idea..

however this project really has too few led’s to properly be considered a hack.. every good hack has lots more led’s.

10ts more = 31337 hax

]]> By: Chris http://hackaday.com/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/comment-page-1/#comment-23882 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:16:46 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/#comment-23882 Great idea, I can see real uses for this technique if it is more refined, I see myself doing a few online orders after christmas ;-)

]]> By: Aviator747 http://hackaday.com/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/comment-page-1/#comment-23881 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 03:41:07 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/#comment-23881 Man that looks sweeet. Can’t wait for some videos of it in motion. Speaking of video man that would be super cool to display. Eventually I bet we will see it.

]]> By: sdedalus http://hackaday.com/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/comment-page-1/#comment-23880 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 23:02:50 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/#comment-23880 seems like the batteries spin with it as a counter weight.

]]> By: dylan willemsa http://hackaday.com/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/comment-page-1/#comment-23879 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:31:25 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/#comment-23879 KICKASS

]]> By: Hans http://hackaday.com/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/comment-page-1/#comment-23878 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:43:37 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/#comment-23878 silic0re: instead of concentric rings, a disc should work too i think. Much simpler.

]]> By: pragma http://hackaday.com/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/comment-page-1/#comment-23877 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:23:00 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/#comment-23877 Fantastic.

“Many Bothans died, to bring us this information.”

]]> By: Xan O'Shea http://hackaday.com/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/comment-page-1/#comment-23876 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:56:15 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/#comment-23876 Awesome looking globe. Gotta have a crack at knocking up one of those myself.
Gotta agree on how damn cool a death star would be- colours couldn’t be easy to get right though.
http://digg.com/gadgets/Amazing_3D_Persistence_Of_Vision_POV_Sphere

]]> By: demosthenese http://hackaday.com/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/comment-page-1/#comment-23875 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:26:16 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/#comment-23875 I think that would be hilarious to see it doing the death star… and I would Def. buy a kit if they made one.
What I think would be really awesome, is if someone did two or three rings, set like a gyroscope.

]]> By: Del http://hackaday.com/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/comment-page-1/#comment-23874 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:23:52 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/#comment-23874 Once I see a pic of it doing a Death Star, then I’ll believe it’s cool.

]]> By: mrcharlie http://hackaday.com/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/comment-page-1/#comment-23873 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:28:11 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/#comment-23873 now THAT is pretty awesome!

we should get working on holographic stuff. Great ideas always come from independant inventors.

]]> By: vskid3 http://hackaday.com/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/comment-page-1/#comment-23872 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:28:04 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/#comment-23872 cool!!!
think steve’ll like the led’s?

]]> By: Groxx http://hackaday.com/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/comment-page-1/#comment-23866 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:48:25 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/#comment-23866 That is AWESOME! I’d love to actually see this thing spin (and/or make one myself).

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