Skating on a swing Bashny.Net

Skating on a swing now not only children's entertainment. All visitors of the New York exhibition «World Maker Faire» («World Exhibition of Inventions") had the opportunity to ride the rides «Waterfall Swing» («Swing waterfall") without the slightest risk of getting wet.





This interactive installation joint brainchild of designers Mike O `Tula, Andrew Ratcliffe, Ian and Andrew Witte Charnisa.
To create the project authors had to resort to the latest digital technology. Using sensors that monitor the position of the swing and just give a signal to disconnect the water formed window. It gets people and that allows him to stay dry.







273 equipped with swing valves located in the upper part of the apparatus. Through them, the water falls cascade dense and going in the tank bottom. The sensors that are mounted in each valve swing speed recorded angle of their location, after which the computer analyzes the data. Thus, each governed by a trickle of water.





The attraction was introduced in 2011 and caused excitement among the public. It would be nice on a hot summer day, a ride on a swing.