Thinking long and hard about how to propose to his girlfriend, [Ed] hit upon a great idea: use an arc reactor as the ring box, with enough LED lights to outshine all but their love, and servos to present the ring and tug at the heartstrings.
[Ed] set about giving his now-fiancé from his arc reactor heart by building a simple circular arrangement of adafruit RGB LED strip and an Arduino. There are two modes for this arc reactor: a light up mode that simply looks awesome, and a ‘ring mode’ that uses two servos to open the front cover and bring the engagement ring into view.
After [Ed]’s fiancé said yes, the cover in the center of the arc reactor closes for its continued use as a desk ornament. You can check out [Ed]’s proposal contraption in action after the break.
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That’s a great idea…if she hadn’t liked it then he would have known it was not meant to be.
lovely, nicely done and i’m glad she said yes :)
according to statistics you’ll get divorced anyway.
hahahaha i loved unbridled pessimism. pure comedy.
LEDs are not “arcs”.
I wanted to see plasma. Ideally confined by a magnetic field.
Watch Iron Man, then you’ll get it.
Even more awesome because his girlfriend appreciated it.
I thought you were going to say: shoot your girlfriend in the chest with metallic fragments then offer her the life saving arc reactor only if she marries you.
That’s demented, twisted and sick. I like your way of thinking.
My girlfriend said no the first time I proposed because I’m too ugly.
Then I tried this trick…
She refused the reactor. Anyone needs a spare arc reactor? Barely used mint condition, will trade for correctly mixed beauty potion.
0/10: no arc
0/10 No knowledge of Iron Man
Awesome Build..The catch was the servo-ring mechanism.. Better attach High Voltage Shock Circuit that gets turned on if the Ring is not picked up in a certain time..Its like saying- “You Rejected Me? Now face my Wrath! ”
:D
Palladium Ring on finger painful way to die…eh eh eh.
Needs more zelda treasure chest opening sounds.
Your hacking days are over now my friend.
Well this was interesting.
Totally. Rocks.
Totally.