pic: TechnoKat Pit - Championship 2006

[Greg McCoy]

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[b-rant]

hmmmm........kindof reminds me of a buckyball

[Gabe]

The question is, what is it for? Decoration, or a fusion reactor to charge your batteries?

[anna~marie]

oh man that was so great...
we were two pits down and couldnt figure out how they could work at all because we were so distracted haha love it

[Kyle Love]

This is team 45's infamous New Years eve ball drop ball. It is used to ring in the new year in Kokomo. We draw around 5,000 or so people annually. It is dropped off of a 5 story building downtown. It consists of over 30,000 LEDs. There are also some high power LEDs used as strobes. It is one heck of a sight to see!

[dubious elise]

It was gorgeous - Molly and I were watching it almost incessantly when we were in the pits!

[Koko Ed]

That picture doesn't do it justice.
It was quite pretty to look at.

[Jaine Perotti]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

That picture doesn't do it justice.

You're right.
Anyone have a picture of it lit up?

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by BurningQuestion

You're right.
Anyone have a picture of it lit up?

I do, and some video since we were right across from them in the pits.

I'll post it later tonight.

[Elgin Clock]

Double post, but long time delay between them so meh..

Anyways, here are some still pics:

Cool pattern (yes, this is lit condition) 1 of many wild patterns I saw all weekend.

Close up of panels (unlit condition) All pre-made, and then assembled into the overall shape.

Packed up and ready to go back to Kokomo (unlit condition) It was really heavy.. or at least it looked like it was.


Video coming tomorrow when I finally get a chance to upload it.

[Schnabel]

The ball really is not that heavy. We weighed it in at about 85lb. which isn't as bad as our first ball, so I heard. If you really think about it though, it is just an empty shell made of plastic and aluminum. If you look at our chairman's book on our website (www.technokats.org for those of you who don't know it), it had a picture of it being used in Kokomo bringing in the year 2006.