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While we have been busy building the physical structure for the PyroSphere, Steve Cronberg, our head programmer, has been hard at work in Portland prototyping the custom remote control that will control the PyroSphere’s fiery patterns.The remote is able to control which pattern is running, how long each frame of the pattern is, how long [...]
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This weekend we put together the sphere. Nathan, Julie, Robert, Chris, Mike, Megan, Nate, Vaughn, and Erin B got together under the hot sun in a big grassy field and assembled the 23′ geodesic sphere.
We started at the top.
Which happened to be on
the ground.
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After much delay, we were finally able to test run the first set of 9 valves with propane . Just some simple patterns. This is less than 1/10th of the valves that will be on the PyroSphere!
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The PyroSphere crew has been hard at work for the last few days. Steve Cronberg, the head programmer has been making major changes and adding major functionality to the code, while Erin Banwell, Vaughn Parsons, David Ampersand, and Nathan Crane have been plumbing up 9 valves onto a section of the finished sphere.
Plumbing:
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Are you dying to get your grubby little mits on one of these premium, straight off the press, made to order Nexus hoodies, and contribute to the PyroSphere simultaneously? Last year we successfully raised enough dough to offset nearly half of the propane bill! Lets do it again!
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Then we had lunch.
Here’s a video of the press in action.
Now we just need to do that 559 more times…….
……to be continued.
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Coming to a Burning Man 2010 near you… the crew is working hard on the next epic flame throwing mean machine. Check out the beginning and be part of the action!
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Fuck yeah! Way better than pulling out the old wallet and waiting in line at center camp!
WANT. ummm.. i think i might have gone a lil overboard..
I want that
Yesss!!!! you are the man steve
That is so freakin awesome