Watersides can be fun, but they never seem long enough, so how can you make it last longer. Last month A German company released videos of a "slidewheel" that they had built and are attempting to sell as an amusement park ride? Rolling the water slide around like a ferris wheel turns a regular ride in to a roller coaster like experience, but is it new? Turns out in 2008 a team lead by a couple of electrical engineers took on the challenge of making a "backyard water slide" for an old Discovery TV showed called "Prototype This!." In five weeks they build a machine that acted like a mile long water slide, not just spinning you around, but rocking you back and forth as you "traveled" down the slide.
Its hard to not love seeing fireworks, but what if you simply can't see? Disney's Research Labs have found a way that anyone can "feel" fireworks. Tactile effects are created using directable water jets that spray onto the rear of a flexible screen, with different nozzles for different firework effects. With the screen protecting you from the spray, high speed motors and computer processors direct the water around the screen creating a braille-equivalent to live action shows. Combined with a projector for those who can see, I'm sure its an amazing concept
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