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Battling demons and normal guns don't work? Here's help in the form of this mystical gun that channels the arcane powers of the mystic realm before firing off a blast to blow evil away.
Made by Japanese steampunk designer FriskP, the gun delivers an impressive power-up animation that doesn't require the use of post-processing computer generated effects. Instead, it relies on the Phantom, an LED fan made by a tech startup called Life is Style. The fan is capable of projecting high resolution images in the air as the fan spins, and is also programmable.
This has led to other cool effects, such as the hand spells from Marvel's Doctor Strange as seen in the video. If you're thinking of getting one for your next cosplay project, well, you'll have to wait, as pricing for the Phantom has yet to be revealed. Don't expect it to be cheap though.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by crafoo on Tuesday May 29 2018, @09:33PM (5 children)
I didn't see the LED mechanism for the persistence of vision effect. Are they flexible and spin out of the cylinder when they start spinning? that would be cool.
(Score: 4, Informative) by sjames on Tuesday May 29 2018, @09:37PM
That appears to be the case. If you look quite closely, you can occasionally see the spinning blades catch the ambient light.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by realDonaldTrump on Tuesday May 29 2018, @11:41PM
Famous old German invention, they call it the Nipkow disk. Otherwise known as the VERY FIRST television. Now made in Japan & China!!!!
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 30 2018, @12:14AM (1 child)
The LEDs are on a circuit board, it isn't a string of lights. Think of a single propeller with lights on it which can fold back along the plane when in storage and pops out when needed.
This thing is trivial to make. Expect a bunch of DIY tutorials before they're able to start selling their product. The innovative thing they've done is attach it to a hand-held device without a safety grill, something most companies would never think to do due to liability issues. There are plenty of clocks and desktop devices which let you project whatever image you want using the same technique.
I can easily see a smaller version of this turning into a fad. Then just as quickly being banned as cheaper devices fly apart and hit people or kids start sharpening the blades like they did with pog slammers.
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday May 30 2018, @09:11AM
I was genuinely yawning at the concept before I saw the vid and saying "bloody hell they've done that well" under my breath when watching it.
I'd love to see what this could do to a table of empty (or full) champagne flutes, and plates of canapes.
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(Score: 2) by mhajicek on Wednesday May 30 2018, @04:04AM
It would be nice to see this sort of thing on spinning weapons in BattleBots.
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