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Subject:	Re: Magic Trick / lego Technic "class"
Newsgroups:	lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic
Date:	Sat, 30 Oct 1999 19:08:45 GMT
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In lugnet.edu, "Hari Wiguna" <hari@mindvision.com> writes: > I discovered that about two weeks ago... > > I was working on my LEGO based laser light show using two motors and silver > anniversary bricks as mirrors. I hooked up both motors to a battery box. > Somewhere along the line, I disconnected the battery box, so the two motors > are wired together. > > As I was adjusting one of the "mirrors", the other mirror moved! Freaked me > out! ;-) > > Well, I thought, if it surprised me, how many people know about his > "phenomenon"? > So, I set out to create the world's first(?) LEGO magic trick! > > Here's the current incarnation of LEGO Magic Trick: > http://incolor.inetnebr.com/mvunlim2 WOW! I have GOT to build one of those!--that's the most amazing use yet that I've seen for this principle. If I were a teacher at an elementary school, I'd be going doubly nuts -- what a great introduction to motors!! So, you discovered the principle of wired-together motors more or less by accident?--then, while tinkering, and, upon realizing what was going on, you devised a "magic trick" to demonstrate? That is so perfect! Great tantalizing sequence of photos, too! :) :) --Todd

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		Re: Magic Trick / lego Technic "class"
Todd Lehman wrote in message <381b40f0.144473789@...et.com>... (...) One tip I have for those of you who'd like to build your own magic trick. To make sure that the electric plate is never unintentionally revealed, I used tiles instead of bricks on (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

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		Re: Magic Trick / lego Technic "class"
Todd Lehman wrote in message <38193bcf.12068213@l...et.com>... (...) ___...___ I discovered that about two weeks ago... I was working on my LEGO based laser light show using two motors and silver anniversary bricks as mirrors. I hooked up both (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

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