Different Strokes For Different Folks 3

Bridge, in the same wooden style as the one in Lough Key forest Park, walking above the town gives the people a new regenerative view on their town. It will make the town feel like something else.

Quirky and unique features like cable cars and a skywalk above the town would draw in tourists. We want to follow the formula of Lough Key Forest Park to attract outdoors people back into Boyle, instead of bypassing it for lough Key-  we wish to improve the attractiveness and image of it.

Bridge from Lough Key into Town.   Cycle Track

Cable Car / Tram Bridge      From Lough Key into Town

 

Hedge Maze with Theremin

 A super-sized musical instrument, controlled by movement rather than touch , can be played by up to 10  people at once.

Moving in activation zone would create a "symphony of movement."There is something simple and quite magical about an instrument that we can play from a distance, with no physical contact whatsoever.

Interactive instrument designed to make people move and to make people listen, not only to their own sound but to the sound of others engaging with the instrument as well.. So people can play this instrument together, shifting their position in space in order to shift the pitch and loudness of their sound. We believe this would engage local people's creativity and problem solving skills.

We plan to develop an Interactive game based around the theremin. We would develop a maze/game whereby people listen to the different sounds the theremin produces as they move about in the maze, blindfolded, and try to find their way out using senses other than sight. It would also bring people close to nature while having fun.

 

( The theremin uses the heterodyne principle to generate an audio signal. The instrument's pitch circuitry includes two radio frequency oscillators. One oscillator operates at a fixed frequency. The frequency of the other oscillator is controlled by the performer's distance from the pitch control antenna. The performer's hand acts as the grounded plate (the performer's body being the connection to ground) of a variable capacitor in an L-C (inductance-capacitance) circuit, which is part of the oscillator and determines its frequency. (Although the capacitance between the performer and the instrument is on the order of picofarafs or even hundreds of femtofarads, the circuit design gives a useful frequency shift.) The difference between the frequencies of the two oscillators at each moment allows the creation of a difference tone in the audio frequemcy range, resulting in audio signals that are amplified and sent to a loudspeaker.

To control volume, the performer's other hand acts as the grounded plate of another variable capacitor. In this case, the capacitor detunes another oscillator; that detuning is processed to change the attenuation in the amplifier circuit. The distance between the performer's hand and the volume control antenna determines the capacitance, which regulates the theremin's volume.)

Tree Top Village-landscape and nature as a potential resource for regeneration. using the trees and nature in this way will promote interest and awareness in the local environment

Tree Top Village

using trees for a zipline and encouraging people to view the local scenery and natural environment in the town in a positive way