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Igniting a Programmed Fireworks Display?

Posted by Cliff on from the explosions-from-your-keyboard dept.

seg9585 asks: "I am interested in setting up a programmable fireworks display this New Years, and I was wondering if anyone from the Slashdot community had any advice as to how to set one up easily, inexpensively, and safely by someone with little experience with electronics/wiring. I do have a VEX controller which I can use for digital output, but I would rather not have to buy a ton of relays and create a spark by just shorting out the circuit. Is there a better way to do this?"

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  1. Solution by j00r0m4nc3r · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have a solution, but it involves midgets, whipped cream, and a tazer gun. Email me for info.

  2. Re:Get a professional by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 2, Funny

    You'll shoot your eye out, kid.

  3. Me too. by KingSkippus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Funny, I was going to post the same response to the thread about midgets, whipped cream, and a tazer gun.

  4. The Old Adage by Kozar_The_Malignant · · Score: 4, Funny

    >set one up easily, inexpensively, and safely

    Pick any two.

    You might also want to be thinking about your last words for your friends to remember you by. Some of the more popular choices from previous Darwin Award winners are:

    • Watch this.
    • I do this all the time.
    • Of course it's safe.
    • This is so cool.
    • This looked really great when they did it in the movies.

    Have a friend shoot the video from a safe distance for your In Memoriam web page.

    --
    Some mornings it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints to get out of bed.
    1. Re:The Old Adage by awing0 · · Score: 3, Funny
      Alternately, I prefer:
      • Hold my beer, watch this!
      --
      Cthulhu Saves.
  5. Re:Get a professional by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    I'd suggest getting a professional to do it or having a professional teach and supervise you. Fireworks are essentially explosives so I'd be very cautious.
    I, on the other hand, suggest you go for it. Can you imageine, you could be the 1st Darwin nominee of 2007!!!