Ed at Midnight Syndicate contracted our friend Matt Hawkins (www.likeform.com) to build a prop for a short film and their stage show. The heart of the prop is an HC-8+ with a bunch of code written by yours truly. It even has remote control via XBee.
From Matt's shop:
(http://forums.parallax.com/discussion/download/121568/ms_prop_remote.jpg)
In use:
(https://scontent-sjc2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/22904785_1511137292305584_7751452904195678638_o.jpg?oh=4fd42bdc85e716306e2d96755adfd8ba&oe=5AA6D5BA)
Neat. Is there a video of this in use or do we have to wait for the official release?
I posted a short test video from Matt on YouTube -- doesn't really show off much of the tower animation, but you get a good idea of what Matt did with the display.
-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZCtsh-yMic
Now that's cool. Even the display works. What connection is the display using?
Serial. The display is a SEETRON GLO-416; it's an OLED with a serial backpack.