dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Offbeat@lemmy.ca · 11 days agoDisney World cast member hurt stopping 180-kg fake boulder from hitting audiencewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down12cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up1137arrow-down1external-linkDisney World cast member hurt stopping 180-kg fake boulder from hitting audiencewww.bbc.comdantheclamman@lemmy.world to Offbeat@lemmy.ca · 11 days agomessage-square33linkfedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squareRinzler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down2·11 days agoThis is just a bad take. It literally is a hollow inflatable already.
minus-squareTheOakTree@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 days agoI’m surprised they didn’t just design some magnetic roller system to couple the ball to the ramp and stop it if necessary. It really would have cost less than this person’s compensation, most likely.
minus-squareNindelofocho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 days agoA handful of small metal balls inside it and a magnet at its holding spot is all it would need id imagine
minus-squareTheOakTree@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoI was thinking this too. Four captive rollers in a magnetic frame on the inside of the ball, and a moving electromagnet below the floor to guide it.
This is just a bad take. It literally is a hollow inflatable already.
I’m surprised they didn’t just design some magnetic roller system to couple the ball to the ramp and stop it if necessary. It really would have cost less than this person’s compensation, most likely.
A handful of small metal balls inside it and a magnet at its holding spot is all it would need id imagine
I was thinking this too. Four captive rollers in a magnetic frame on the inside of the ball, and a moving electromagnet below the floor to guide it.