Comments on: Motion lamps https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/08/motion-lamps/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/08/motion-lamps/#comment-21574 ER Sun, 09 Dec 2012 17:30:45 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27761#comment-21574 That looks like the exact same model I had. I remember it used to get very hot, and making a very light swishing/squeaking noise as the inner cylinder rotated (about twice a second). And it gave off a faint, acrid odor, not totally unpleasant. Its puzzling how such a totally insignificant and unimportant event can make such a lasting and powerful impression. That looks like the exact same model I had.

I remember it used to get very hot, and making a very light swishing/squeaking noise as the inner cylinder rotated (about twice a second). And it gave off a faint, acrid odor, not totally unpleasant.

Its puzzling how such a totally insignificant and unimportant event can make such a lasting and powerful impression.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/08/motion-lamps/#comment-21568 bowser Sun, 09 Dec 2012 05:41:33 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27761#comment-21568 Different length antennae out the window, with knife switches I could mix and match to get different stations. Hid under the covers with the earphones on. Problem was that in those days most stations went off the air by 10:00PM or 11:00PM. Different length antennae out the window, with knife switches I could mix and match to get different stations. Hid under the covers with the earphones on.

Problem was that in those days most stations went off the air by 10:00PM or 11:00PM.

]]> By: alcaray https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/08/motion-lamps/#comment-21566 alcaray Sun, 09 Dec 2012 05:37:21 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27761#comment-21566 I had another sort of toy though. It was a little record player for playing children's records. It had a sort of mirrored attachment that you placed on the spindle after you put the record on the player. The attachment had strips of longitudinally-mounted mirrors. As the record turned, you looked into the turning mirrors, which reflected a (reversed) view of a label with art that was affixed to the record. The art on the label was successive motion pictures (like you would see in a flip-book). The mirrors made your vision strobe from picture to picture so it resolved into a moving animation. The art illustrated the children's song that was playing. Anybody seen one of them? I had another sort of toy though. It was a little record player for playing children’s records. It had a sort of mirrored attachment that you placed on the spindle after you put the record on the player. The attachment had strips of longitudinally-mounted mirrors. As the record turned, you looked into the turning mirrors, which reflected a (reversed) view of a label with art that was affixed to the record. The art on the label was successive motion pictures (like you would see in a flip-book). The mirrors made your vision strobe from picture to picture so it resolved into a moving animation. The art illustrated the children’s song that was playing.

Anybody seen one of them?

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/08/motion-lamps/#comment-21562 TB Sun, 09 Dec 2012 04:35:17 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27761#comment-21562 <p>Here ya go...</p> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beOCNGXI2wY" rel="nofollow">Video</a> There are longer ones, but this one looked clearest. Here ya go…

Video

There are longer ones, but this one looked clearest.

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