Twilight Zone Fortune Telling Machine -- Episode 365

Twilight Zone Fortune Telling Machine

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Matt is a huge fan of the Twilight Zone, so for Halloween, he's decided to build a classic prop from the old series with a modern twist! The original Mystic Seer was a coin-operated fortune telling machine created for the 1960 episode "Nick of Time". Will this new, electronic fortune teller actually predict the future?

Supplemental Content:

Project: Serling [OUTTAKES] (and an Apple rant)

Adobe InDesign Files For Project Serling

Bash Shell Script For Project Serling

The Mystic Seer In Action

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andywest over 6 years ago in reply to airbornesurfer +3

The ability to "scan for life forms".
mayermakes over 6 years ago in reply to airbornesurfer +2

Do the TIME FREEZING STOPWATCH!!
airbornesurfer over 6 years ago in reply to DAB +2

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airbornesurfer over 6 years ago

This video was a lot of fun to build and produce that I kinda want to do another Twilight Zone build for next Halloween.

Which prop should I tackle next?

Talky Tina?
The "Long Distance Call" telephone?
The "Fugitive" wand?
"A Most Unusual Camera"?
A "time-freezing" stopwatch?
A slot machine that turns you into "The Prime Mover"?
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andywest over 6 years ago in reply to airbornesurfer

The camera and stopwatch both sound cool, but really hard. How do you predict the future or stop time? Maybe something with VR/AR?
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airbornesurfer over 6 years ago in reply to andywest

The first thing I thought of with the watch is basically turning it into a universal remote. Push the button and it sends the "play/pause" signal. Cheesy, yes, but it would "technically" stop time.

The camera seems more ambitious: probably have to come up with some silly AR layering and then print that as the photo. Still might be fun if it can be done.
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airbornesurfer over 6 years ago in reply to andywest

The first thing I thought of with the watch is basically turning it into a universal remote. Push the button and it sends the "play/pause" signal. Cheesy, yes, but it would "technically" stop time.

The camera seems more ambitious: probably have to come up with some silly AR layering and then print that as the photo. Still might be fun if it can be done.
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