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well, they've done it.



rgb (i.e can produce any colour you care to imagine), *fully* programmable (via usb pc link) aerotech equipment has arrived at last



anyone who saw the london juggling convention show (or was at the ejc earlier this year) will have been lucky enough to see owen and malte performing their classic 'spot the drop' routine with routine-programmed aerotech ultimate clubs



they already have plans for staff and poi with the same *individually controlled led technology* so that you have full control of programming the colour in each section of your toy.



here's the blurb from the aerotech website:

Written by: aerotech

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Sequence 16 Million Colours with the new GLO-ULTIMATE equipment.



After three years of development and 100 times over budget, we bring you the ultimate in illuminated juggling equipment.



Our standard product range is designed for on the fly programming, so with a set sequence of taps it is possible to configure a product to change colour and flash between 2 Colours.



In our new ultimate range programming has been replaced with a reprogrammable RGB (The primary colours Red, Green, Blue) light sequencing program.



Each colour of the RGB is independently programmed to run a sequence of timed events to change intensity (brightness) levels. By altering the intensity levels of the RGB it is possible to select a colour from a palette of 16 Million different colours. Time increments are controllable down to 0.1 second meaning that it is possible to create a dazzling light show which can then be synchronized with other products.



A sequence is created using a simple line of code written within a standard text editor (Note book, Word etc). The file is then downloaded to the equipment using a standard USB 2.0 connection.



By using full powered USB hubs the glo-equipment fast charges from empty to 80% charged in 2 hours.

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and links here:

main news page

details of the sequencing language

example of some sequence code

a little techy information on the software used



i don't wanna know how much i have to save up for a set of clubs - if i start working on a 5 club routine now, by the time i can juggle it, i should have enough money saved to buy the clubs...





cole. x

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 Written by: MillenniuM


I was at Firedrums in California this weekend, and someone had RGB programmable poi with radio censors... you could could control them from a remote, and they stayed in perfect unison. You could even control multiple sets of poi with one controller. They also had a dress with the same mechanism that lit up

It was far from elegant, but a first attempt and sounds very similar to what Aerotech is doing... fun stuff.

"Don’t know how long, this one’s gonna take;
I could fail, but I’d rather be a fuckup, than a fake"

I live in a world of infinite possibilities.

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i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood

Cake or Death?

"...We don't stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing......."

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taken out of context i must seem so strange
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 Written by: Mireneye



And I'd like to know just how good Aerotech stuff really is... How many recommend a buy...

Given I have the money allright ??

"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood

I live in a world of infinite possibilities.

"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood

"...We don't stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing......."

I live in a world of infinite possibilities.

"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood

 Written by: milka



If you plan to buy proballs, hurry up, it seems Aerotech is selling the last ones and some colors are out of stock now : a friend of mine wanted Orange/white proball and he's been noticed that this combo was no longer available.