The photos above illustrate both the prototype construction and an essential technical concept behind the project. The base of a potentiometer is mounted from underneath to the bottom half of the plywood construct containing a lazy-susan bearing. The rotating shaft of the potentiometer is snugly fit into the stationary top half of the construct so when the top half is rotated, the shaft rotates as well.

The potentiometer works by resisting current sent from an external source. The amount of resistance is determined by the degree of rotation on the shaft.

This resistance is converted into an 8-bit number which not only corresponds to the degree of rotation on the shaft, but also to a specific frame of animation within the bullet-time moment.

This image/frame is sent to the monitor which (not pictured) sits directly on top of the plywood construct, thus creating the relationship between rotation and image.

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