At work we had a 'Happy' month, I'm not sure why that lead me to think of making this but sometimes it's best not to think too hard about these things.
Essentially it's a small box that is controlled by standard radio control gear. Under remote control it is possible to
start music playing from inside the box - Don't Worry Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin, hence the name of the project.
Then under separate control it is possible to make the lid of the box open and fire party poppers.
It's probably best to watch the movies to understand what it does....
oh, and best to have the sound turned on too....
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Sadly, power got connected the wrong way round one day, the magic smoke got out, and the box works no more.
I should really build a second generation with a quicker reload mechanism and more party poppers, watch this space....
