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Inside a (recalled) kinetic picture
🕑 Added 2024-12-02 20:40:18 +0000 UTCThese were very popular here in the early 2000's, until they suddenly got pulled off the shelves due to their tendency to get very hot in use. You could actually smell the hot electrical smell from them when you walked into the shops that sold them.
The internal construction is very DIY looking.
Comments
evilution
I only ever saw these in Chinese restaurants in the 90's. Using a Moire pattern for the lower part is a clever idea. Looks like a prime item for an LED conversion.
RDM
Used to love those - interesting seeing what was inside
Jennifer Rae Fuchek
I remember these from the 90s. They were so fascinating.
Alice Chapman
But the flames are an essential part of the nostalgia.
Big Clive
There is a smaller version of these pictures that use a rotating polarised disk and hand placed strips of polarising material on the back of the picture.
Nigel Walker
Weren't there other animated pictures that used polarising filters? I remember ones that demonstrated how nuclear power stations worked.
Mike Hughes
I trust you carried out a full risk assesment, donned your hi viz and hard hat before climbing onto the stool... installed a trapdoor seat and kicker boards !!! hahaha!
SaberTail
I'd be curious to see what it looks like through a thermal camera, if you have one around.
Russell Levine
I remember one of these advertising beer...
mj
I remember similar a similar setup in a pub in the late 70's but it was a Rocky Mountain scene.
Matt Tester
If you had asked me to guess, I would've said this was a 1980s thing.
Charles Bruckner
These were quit popular here in the states with Chinese take out restaurants. But they were much larger. Almost 2m wide and 1m tall.
Jeff Snyder
I would love to see these converted to LED light strips - all the 80's nostalgia and none of the flames!
