Kinetoscope
The Kinetoscope is a modern rendition of Thomas Edison’s original invention that allows users to view motion pictures at a speed determined by cranking a handle. It is located in the orientation room at the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural site in Buffalo, NY. This is another device that may have been found at the Pan American Exposition in 1901. This interactive has two video screens that allow users to either look into an optically enhanced eyepiece or watch from an external monitor.
The hand crank is used in conjunction with a push button to initially select a video to play and then offers variable playback speed relative to crank speed when a video is being displayed.
This interactive is located in a room where a video presentation is displayed, so audio can be enabled and disabled via serial commands from an AMX control system.
Key Technology Used
- Adobe Air
- Making Things Application Board
- McHelper
- Serial Communication to AMX
- US Digital Optical Encoder
