fiber optic cement

bigmayn01

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how do they make the fiber optic cement and are they somehow available to the public ...im very interested in trying to have some made for my house i collected a fairly large sum of money :sohappy: and am seriously looking into having some made of all things i see in Epcot those and the city seen at the end of Spaceship Earth are probably the 2 coolest looking sites in the whole park
 

NowInc

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Originally posted by bigmayn01
how do they make the fiber optic cement and are they somehow available to the public ...im very interested in trying to have some made for my house i collected a fairly large sum of money :sohappy: and am seriously looking into having some made of all things i see in Epcot those and the city seen at the end of Spaceship Earth are probably the 2 coolest looking sites in the whole park

I think its custom made for the parks..but it doesnt seem like it would be TOO hard (seriously). All they do is run fiberoptic cables thru the cement before it dries...the hardest part is rigging up the lights at the other end...but you may be able to find some companies that do that for you ;)
 

NowInc

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Originally posted by Alberrisford
fibre optic cement :veryconfu sounds cool! any photos?

If you have ever been to epcot at night..you wouldnt be able to miss it...I dont know if anyone has pics of it tho...
 

kevlightyear

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Originally posted by NowInc


If you have ever been to epcot at night..you wouldnt be able to miss it...I dont know if anyone has pics of it tho...

Iknow my mom took some pictures of them last summer. I remember because my sisters and I were pretending we didn't know her while she was doing it. I'll see if I can find some. They're on mini CD-R's, so it takes a while.
 

Al

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Originally posted by kevlightyear


Iknow my mom took some pictures of them last summer. I remember because my sisters and I were pretending we didn't know her while she was doing it. I'll see if I can find some. They're on mini CD-R's, so it takes a while.

thanks! id really appreciate that!
 

EPCOTMonorail

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If I remember correctly the fiber optics aren't imbedded in concrete, but a molded plastic cover or panel. I recall that the squares with the fiber optics seemed hollow when walked on. But again it's been over a year since I last visited EPCOT so I could be wrong, but I'd think plastic would be easier to work with than concrete. Just drill some holes and poke the fiber through. Probably cheaper than using concrete too, and knowing Disney the cheap way is the right way... :rolleyes:

Hope this helps! And if you find a place that makes these fiber optic panels, let me know. I'd like some too! :D
 

kevlightyear

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Hey, sorry it took me so long. She had some right on the desktop, and I didn't even notice!

Here's the best one I've found so far:
 

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tmm7899

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I thought that I remember one of my friends who works at Epcot tellimg me that it is not fiber optic but it is revolving light under there. I may beway off though.
 

RyanS

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nope, it's fiber optics. this mp3 is from the walt disney world explorer.
 

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tim911

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Originally posted by bigmayn01
how do they make the fiber optic cement and are they somehow available to the public ...im very interested in trying to have some made for my house i collected a fairly large sum of money :sohappy: and am seriously looking into having some made of all things i see in Epcot those and the city seen at the end of Spaceship Earth are probably the 2 coolest looking sites in the whole park

I work for a high-end home automation firm and one of the homes I worked on had something similar installed on there patio. It wasn't nearly as intricate, but the effect at night was way cool. Holes were drilled in concrete pavers before they were laid down and fiber optics were routed under them and placed in each individual hole. There were probably a total of 100 pin points in all, so not nearly as many as there are at Epcot. They did change colors though!!!!:)
 

zonguy

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Re: Re: fiber optic cement

Originally posted by tim911


I work for a high-end home automation firm and one of the homes I worked on had something similar installed on there patio. It wasn't nearly as intricate, but the effect at night was way cool. Holes were drilled in concrete pavers before they were laid down and fiber optics were routed under them and placed in each individual hole. There were probably a total of 100 pin points in all, so not nearly as many as there are at Epcot. They did change colors though!!!!:)

Any ideas on where they got the fiber optics light kit?
 

MGMBoy

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As far as the colors...I believe that they use a fairily basic color fader since fiber optics are so precise a color in one part of the cable could be very different from the rest of the cable. I'll post a time lapse photo I took of that stuff as soon as I find it. It looks really cool. :)
 

Sethar

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We use fiber optics a lot in theatre, especially for starfields on curtains (called star drops). It's a pretty simple matter to embed the fiber optics in cement or plastic or whatever, but the color changing properties are somewhat difficult. At Valleyfair (the amusement park I work at in Minnesota,) we illuminate our star drops with theatrical lights that are able to change color by means of colored discs that go between the light source and the fiber bundle. But to get the amount of color variation and seperation that the Epcot panels have (at least from what I see on the pictures...it's been a year and several months since I was there last..) would be beyond that. I suppose they could just use spinning multi-colored discs instead of the single color ones that are often in those spotlights. That would be somewhat like the fiber optic trees and stuff that are starting to be sold in stores.
 

Fantasmic

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I've only ever seen the fiber optics which make the gound look like it's sparkling in Epcot, never seen the pics that were put up here :veryconfu
 

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