[sdiy] Furby exhibit

[CHoaglin at aol.com]

In a message dated 08/18/2001 8:19:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
CCartCat at aol.com writes:

>Just curious:  What did you think of it?

There wasn't anything too too spectacular as far as modifications went, but 
it was a barrel of fun. They had a little section with "sideshow freak" 
theme, with one enclosure housing pair of furbies wired together as siamese 
twins (one's sensors controlling the other) as well as a tickle-me-elmo with 
the head modified to accept a furby's eyes and mouth, and the furbies IR 
sensor triggering the voice in the tickle-me-elmo. (Something with a furby 
face going "Oh boy, that tickles!"...rather unsettling) The exhibit included 
very detailed anatomical drawings of the furby's innards, very neat the look 
at, but the centerpiece was the "reflection loop" 400 furbies mounted on a 
huge board covering one wall, with holes for the eyes, mouth and sensors of 
each. the IR transmitter from one reflects back from a person into the sensor 
on an adjacent furby, making it start to babble..I spent some time standing 
there waving an arm across the wall slowly and watching this trail of furbies 
babbling and opening their eyes and mouths following its path. Decordova is 
far more fun than the Museum of Fine Arts, that's for sure. (I had to take 
notes there for a paper in college, and got harassed by 3 security gaurds for 
having my laptop plugged into a wall outlet, allegedly "stealing their 
electricity"...never mind the dozens of incandescent bulbs blazing everywhere 
in the gallery)

-Chris



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