Project 3 Proposal

Laser Entrapment - Fun for the whole family!
My proposal for this project is to bring the traditional steady hand game into the 21st century. I was inspired by the laser sequence in the film Entrapment to create a modern version of this old game of nerve and skill, using laser beams that the player must navigate past to reach the goal. I feel I can do this quite simply buy using the lasers from common red laser pointers that you can buy quite cheaply from junk stores, and pointing them at photo cell resistors, when the laser beam is interrupted, the photocell resistor closes the circuit and and alarm sounds. We will have to modify the laser somehow to make it so it is visible in normal light, possible by using the laser from a CD or DVD player instead of a laser pointer.

I feel that the mass of red lasers will create both a nice aesthetic, and play off the common film and television cliche of some valuable artifact protected by a mass of glowing laser beams.

The laser beams and photocells will be housed on movable racks, so the player can reposition them however they way to create infinite possible routes. Also, if possible, to add an extra level of complexity and cool, One of more of the lasers would be attached to a small slow moving servo motor, so slowly glides up and down for the extra challenge.

The game will quite small, about the size of a shoe box, so it can be transported easily.

As their will need to be quite a lot of fabrication involved, both in making the game itself, and modifying the lasers, I would allocate 2 people to this task, and 1 person to the electrical work , and the final person to work on code and 3d Models/mock ups.