ben_osteen
Mobility Masterclass
"Can you cross the motorway using the zimmer frame?"
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90 years
100 years
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Now this machine is a spot of genius. Ironically, I don't have many shots of this, because I was too busy playing it!
Think of this as a game of old-person frogger, where the cars are going round in circles, stopping you from easily (but slowly) walking to the bingo/ballroom on the other side of the road.
Instead of mucking around with 3D graphics engines, bugs or code, the way this works is ingenious. Above the ride is a set of concentric circles, each spinning around a centre with the bingohall on it and there are toy cars stuck to each circle. The cunning part comes in the form of a extensible rod which has a small video camera and white plastic blob on the end.
This... is the old person :)
The screen you see in front is actually a view from this camera. The white blob is connected to a microswitch, which changes state if a toy car strikes the blob. A really nice touch is the audio, it really does sound like the cars are whizzing by as the audio is keyed to your and the cars positions.
The best feature is the zimmerframe below (out of shot :() on each side it has bike brakes, which when clenched causes you to 'go forward'. The zimmerframe is made to move up and forward and back again, as if you were really using it like an infirm person, and the camera moves forward slowly.
If you manage to make it to the centre, the view switches seamlessly to sped up video footage of 'you' going into the real bingohall/dancehall and spinning about the floor!
Mobility Masterclass
"Can you cross the motorway using the zimmer frame?"
Select Age:
80 years
90 years
100 years
----------------------
Now this machine is a spot of genius. Ironically, I don't have many shots of this, because I was too busy playing it!
Think of this as a game of old-person frogger, where the cars are going round in circles, stopping you from easily (but slowly) walking to the bingo/ballroom on the other side of the road.
Instead of mucking around with 3D graphics engines, bugs or code, the way this works is ingenious. Above the ride is a set of concentric circles, each spinning around a centre with the bingohall on it and there are toy cars stuck to each circle. The cunning part comes in the form of a extensible rod which has a small video camera and white plastic blob on the end.
This... is the old person :)
The screen you see in front is actually a view from this camera. The white blob is connected to a microswitch, which changes state if a toy car strikes the blob. A really nice touch is the audio, it really does sound like the cars are whizzing by as the audio is keyed to your and the cars positions.
The best feature is the zimmerframe below (out of shot :() on each side it has bike brakes, which when clenched causes you to 'go forward'. The zimmerframe is made to move up and forward and back again, as if you were really using it like an infirm person, and the camera moves forward slowly.
If you manage to make it to the centre, the view switches seamlessly to sped up video footage of 'you' going into the real bingohall/dancehall and spinning about the floor!