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DIY Firework Ignition System

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2008-09-27 15:17:02 by Alan Parekh in Hacked Gadgets - DIY Tech Blog
...fireworks controller and put on a big show for them! This looks like a fun but potentially dangerous project At the heart of my firework ignition system is an SX48 running at 50 MHz. I was able to make full use of the SXs 36 IO pins. Thirty lines are dedicated to the 30 channels. Two lines connect to a MAX233 chip for serial port control....
 
Tags: system, firework ignition system, boards, driver boards, sx48, sx48 proto board, copper clad boards, lines, thirty lines
 
 
 
 
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Launch Kontrol remote firework launcher fires off explosions like a pro

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2008-10-21 13:54:34 by CharlieWhite in DVICE
...fireworks are illegal in many states , home fireworks are getting bigger and better anyway. But who wants to blow off a hand while igniting all those high explosives? Now your rockets can make a hellacious racket in relative safety with the Launch Kontrol remote firework launcher, firing up those illuminating displays from a safe distance of...
 
Tags: fireworks, home fireworks, consumer fireworks, old-skool pro, safe distance, relative safety, remote control, clip, hellacious racket
 
 
 
 
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The Greatest Hangover Machine Never Built [Essay]

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2008-04-27 15:00:00 by posted by Pantha in
...firework. The firework's fuse is fired up with my prototype RC piezoelectric lighter, controlled via a handheld unit dangling conveniently above my bed. The firework fizzes away and shoots the USB heater (mug and all) towards the edge of the counter, where it scoots onto a wire cradle, suspended from the ceiling on wires that slope gently...
 
Tags: hangover, hangover buster, mug, mug hitches, monkey, hangover time, monkey trundles, bedroom door, kettle
 
 
 
 
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The Greatest Hangover Machine Never Built [Essay]

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2008-04-27 11:00:00 by Addy Dugdale in Gizmodo
...firework. The firework's fuse is fired up with my prototype RC piezoelectric lighter, controlled via a handheld unit dangling conveniently above my bed. The firework fizzes away and shoots the USB heater (mug and all) towards the edge of the counter, where it scoots onto a wire cradle, suspended from the ceiling on wires that slope gently...
 
Tags: hangover, hangover buster, mug, mug hitches, monkey, hangover time, monkey trundles, bedroom door, kettle
 
 
 
 
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Eco-friendlier Fireworks May be Exploding Soon

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2008-07-02 21:02:49 by Gloria Campos in Inventor Spot - Inventions, Innovations, and Interesting Ideas for the Inventor in All of Us
...firework is a low explosive pyrotechnic used for entertainment such at firework displays and holiday celebrations (4th of July, New Years, etc). Brilliant in color and explosively loud fireworks bring smiles and joy to people all over the world, but as beautiful as they are to watch there is some concern that fireworks may be dangerous to our...
 
Tags: fireworks, explosively loud fireworks, firework, firework displays, low explosive pyrotechnic, technorati tags, holiday celebrations, world, entertainment
 
 
 
 
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Olympics Opening Ceremony Fireworks 'Faked' on TV

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2008-08-11 12:01:56 by Brian X. Chen in Gadget Lab
...fireworks looked on our television screens, it's disheartening to learn most of what we saw was a computer-generated illusion The Telegraph picked up a story in the Chinese newspaper the Beijing Times giving away that filming the 29 firework footprints from the air would have been impossible. So visual effects artists spent a year creating a...
 
Tags: real fireworks, ceremony fireworks, bedazzle home viewers, visual effects artists, jason leereuters, faked, olympics, firework footprints, tv
 
 
 
 
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Tokyo Flash Watches

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2007-08-29 08:01:11 by willbe in Masterblog
...firework-like manner at whatever moment you select. The Star Performer measures 2.9 centimeters across, 5.5 centimeters long, and 1.1 centimeters thick, and features a band made of solid stainless steel (maximum wrist size 21.0 cm) with a push-button, fold-over clasp Womens Pleasure Seeker The Womens Pleasure Seeker wristwatch is smaller and...
 
Tags: pleasure, womens pleasure seeker, pleasure seeker mode, mode, pleasure seeker measures, watches, centimeters thick, centimeters, jackpot
 
 
 
 
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Pimp Watches

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2008-01-18 11:39:12 by jk in Gadgets Club
...firework like display that turns off at 1.00 a.m., just as youre moving on to the next club - and it looks way cool. The time is displayed by numbers lighting up in the four vertical columns, for example 1 - 2 - 3 - 4, would be 12.34, a.m. would be shown by the clock icon illuminating, and p.m., by the martini glass icon lighting up....
 
Tags: pimp, pimp watches, pimp star, icons, solid stainless steel, iconic icons, martini glass icon, mineral crystal, vertical columns
 
 
 
 
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Readers: I Have A Birthday Coming Up And There's A Jet Bike For Sale On eBay (Hint)

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2008-05-22 17:30:17 by Editor in Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
...firework powered skateboard (watch the whole video
 
Tags: bike, safe damn bike, birthday, blackmarket rocket bike, funny video, video, glows red-cool, jet engines, happy birthday
 
 
 
 
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Telectroscope Connects New York & London

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2008-05-23 17:30:28 by Editor in Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
...firework wars are still a go). A couple more pictures of the thing after the jump