At 12:19 PM 5/23/2004 -0700, you wrote: >On May 23, 2004, at 9:51 AM, Dave Tweed wrote: >> >>We're currently working on an upgrade for this device that has 96 >>full-color LEDs in an 18-inch globe. The full raster is 96 x 512 >>(48K pixels) and looks quite impressive! > >That wouldn't be the iBall+? >http://www.spacewriter.com/ >I can't imagine that using anything as powerful as a dsPic, maybe >memory + controller. > >Unfortunately it is stuck with 3 bit color. Red, Yellow, Green, etc but >no orange, etc. Only on/off for each r/g/b element. > >They do make SignLine that does _exactly_ what the OP was talking >about. My own RGB light toy shows that you don't shake your head from >side to side, just look to the left and right of the device. Your eyes >don't move instantly and will scan across the display. I've seen one that is a man-height cylinder that handles full-motion color video. Quite an impressive advertising device. >What is the deal with these eye/i ball copycats? Are there patenting >issues with mechanically scanned displays? They predate (modern) television, not that that means much in the world of patents. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.