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Re: Glow With The Show Ears
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:03 pm
by PatchOBlack
I believe a good source of information regarding the workings of Pal Mickey, aside from the folks who actually worked on him, would be one Brian Kendig of
http://www.enchanter.net. He has done a bit of research on Pal Mickey.
Re: Glow With The Show Ears
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:16 pm
by drcorey
kurtisnelson wrote:How often does he refresh? They might just use a proprietary radio signal but only near the gates of the park. I wouldn't think wifi would make sense either, it'd be absolute overkill and raise the price of pal mickey, he'd need a real OS running on him.
Edit: Read the patents, it's a mix of infrared and radio, with it degrading to radio when no infrared is available. All phrases are preloaded, the signal can only choose them.
So I'm betting glow with the show is simply IR that broadcasts a color value.
has to be more to sync it to music.
and a off command too. other wise they would flash untill the battery died.
Re: Glow With The Show Ears
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 6:02 pm
by Shorty82
drcorey wrote:has to be more to sync it to music.
and a off command too. other wise they would flash untill the battery died.
I'm thinking they only flash while receiving the signal, that way if one leaves early they turn off.
Re: Glow With The Show Ears
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 8:42 pm
by avengador1
I bet the have an on/off switch somewhere on them.
Re: Glow With The Show Ears
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:50 pm
by kurtisnelson
drcorey wrote:has to be more to sync it to music.
and a off command too. other wise they would flash untill the battery died.
Nope. All you need is an IR stream that broadcasts 3 bytes, making an RGB pair. Whatever RGB value is currently on the stream you display. If no stream is present, wait a bit in the off position and then go into the random mode they have. The hats also behave to the Mad T Party DJ and glow orange in cars land, so it doesn't require a preset show as shown by the DJ.
Re: Glow With The Show Ears
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:07 am
by NemoRanger
DAMN YOU DISNEYLAND! You folks get the coolest stuff. We only get your hand me downs. I am tried of wearing old ears!
Re: Glow With The Show Ears
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 2:52 pm
by delsdad
NemoRanger wrote:DAMN YOU DISNEYLAND! You folks get the coolest stuff. We only get your hand me downs. I am tried of wearing old ears!
Once the batteries have died, the remaining ears will be shipped to WDW for sale to guests !
Re: Glow With The Show Ears
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:11 pm
by ktulu
When we were visiting for the Cars Land AP preview, on our first fastpass of the day it spit out passes to get the glow ears and register to attend the first showing of WOC with the ears. Sadly, we were unable to go. I guess we'll fork out the $$$$ for the kids to have these. Then figure out how to trigger them at home and freak people out :D:
Re: Glow With The Show Ears
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 7:32 pm
by Main Streeter
ktulu wrote:I guess we'll fork out the $$$$ for the kids to have these.
How much are these glow ears? Will my discount help fork?
Re: Glow With The Show Ears
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 12:33 am
by DisneyMom
Main Streeter wrote:How much are these glow ears? Will my discount help fork?
Hmmm, think they might be 40 bucks (come with special pin and lanyard) ;)