Deelite
Active Member
A Project that I'm working on requires sound activated motion. Basically, the prop I'm working on is a robot, but it doesn't have a traditional mouth that signifies that it's talking. Instead, there are "flaps" that move up and down based on the sound it emits, as a form of speech, and lights that dim and brighten based on inflections during the speech.
I'm not good with developing my own electronics or computerized anything, and am trying to track down commercially made items (toys, electronics etc) that I can "ransack" or breakdown to get at the mechanisms that work. Of course these have to be battery operated.
I know that during Halloween, that there are toys/displays that come out that are sound activated, and a skeleton could pop out of a coffin at doing so.
During the 80's and 90's a toy was made and sold in Toys 'r US and Kaybee, that was a toy flower, and it would move (or rock) and dance when you put it next to a radio or at the sound of your own voice (if you were loud enough). It's not like what I can find on ebay or doing a search, but I specifically remember that it was a flower that looked like a tulip, and would "open and close" its petals, in time with the music (this would be my first choice), but I don't remember what company made this toy, and any reference to this toy I can't find on the net.
Help is greatly appreciated, since this is an effect that would be essential the to prop I'm making. I have the sound activated lights covered, just looking for something that can move when activated by sound.
I'm not good with developing my own electronics or computerized anything, and am trying to track down commercially made items (toys, electronics etc) that I can "ransack" or breakdown to get at the mechanisms that work. Of course these have to be battery operated.
I know that during Halloween, that there are toys/displays that come out that are sound activated, and a skeleton could pop out of a coffin at doing so.
During the 80's and 90's a toy was made and sold in Toys 'r US and Kaybee, that was a toy flower, and it would move (or rock) and dance when you put it next to a radio or at the sound of your own voice (if you were loud enough). It's not like what I can find on ebay or doing a search, but I specifically remember that it was a flower that looked like a tulip, and would "open and close" its petals, in time with the music (this would be my first choice), but I don't remember what company made this toy, and any reference to this toy I can't find on the net.
Help is greatly appreciated, since this is an effect that would be essential the to prop I'm making. I have the sound activated lights covered, just looking for something that can move when activated by sound.
