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[SPEC] The icefly
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Bizzaro
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 		I thought about prying mine open too but... I can't bring myself to do it ha ha.

Mine has never blinked and only the top half lights up. Took forever for it to do that too. I think some damage occurred in shipping because we know how gentle mail carriers are with boxes.

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 		Wasn't sure where to put this, but since field winners are posting the goings-on of their iceflies here, I figured this was the best place.

I've compiled a list of the winners along with who all is from UF, mostly cuz I was curious how many UFers got the drops, but also in case this should be important later. The *** means that team or person is a member of UF. If the person's TSN name is different from their UF name, I put their UF name in parenthesis at the end. The absence of *** does not mean they are not on UF. It just means that I cannot account for them, so fill in if you know more.

New York [ Retrieved by: Nrickolai ] (has logged in as a guest aka Nrickolai64)
***Orlando [ Retrieved by: Fucknag ]
***Boston [ Retrieved by: MNFMNFM ] (aka SeashellSeller)
***Chicago [ Retrieved by: Urisas42 ] (aka .5 of the team was temporaryglitter)
***Nashville [Retrieved by: Gaebryl ]
***Atlanta [ Retrieved by: GUESTUSER17 ]
***Dallas [ Retrieved by: Soulgig ] (aka cherrytree98765)
Washington DC [ Retrieved by: Silverduck ]
***Phoenix [ Retrieved by: Vukcevich ] (aka vukcevich23)
Denver [ Retrieved by: Wa11y ]
***Portland [ Retrieved by: JUSTISH ]
Seattle [ Retrieved by: stuartkenney ] (Mon1337 and her group reportedly met the guy who won this one)
San Francisco [ Retrieved by: dbuster2001 ]
***Las Vegas [ Retrieved by: Bizzaro ]
***Los Angeles [ Retrieved by: Cha/ron ] (aka charon the ferryman)


Reportedly, ASD_TANK has one ???

EDIT: Made some slight additions. Will continue to work on it.

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Cross_
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CarnageBlack wrote:
Any way to open the base of the iceflies? If I can see the circutry, I might be able to figure it out, maybe.

You won't be able to figure anything out by just looking at it. Clearly they are using a microcontroller, so the only thing that would help is reading out its code - if possible.

I doubt any of proud icefly owners would allow us to do that Smile

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 		I finally got around to making a longer video of the morse code. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRSOfTUxRoo Everyone seems to think it's just says survivalcode.com But just incase here's a 5 minute clip of the sucker blinking up a storm. Please excuse the terrible shaky cam and my rambling about cereal at the end.

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 		would it be possible to have a 24/7 live stream of the Ice flies Simutaneiously? because I think that would be the most effective way, if possible... to compile all of the morse codes together, seeing as how some of the iceflies blink differently/ in different parts than others....

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 		It starts with VALCODE.COMSURVI

I got bored after that Wink

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Cross_ wrote:
CarnageBlack wrote:
Any way to open the base of the iceflies? If I can see the circutry, I might be able to figure it out, maybe.

You won't be able to figure anything out by just looking at it. Clearly they are using a microcontroller, so the only thing that would help is reading out its code - if possible.

I doubt any of proud icefly owners would allow us to do that Smile
I mean, I'd be able to see if there is some kind of transmitter or reciever. Fairly easy to spot if you have the eye for it.

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CarnageBlack wrote:
Cross_ wrote:
CarnageBlack wrote:
Any way to open the base of the iceflies? If I can see the circutry, I might be able to figure it out, maybe.

You won't be able to figure anything out by just looking at it. Clearly they are using a microcontroller, so the only thing that would help is reading out its code - if possible.

I doubt any of proud icefly owners would allow us to do that Smile
I mean, I'd be able to see if there is some kind of transmitter or reciever. Fairly easy to spot if you have the eye for it.


When I first saw the icefly I thought of those Ambient Devices color changing weather spheres. They make other devices that gather data wirelessly and then present it to a serial port for customized use. That way they could customize the messages and not just have it repeat the same thing every time. It might also explain why we have to leave them on for a minute before we see anything happen and why some people see no flashing. Here's a link to their website - http://www.ambientdevices.com/cat/platform.html

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 		if that is so try putting it in a cold room/hair dryer on it to "melt" it

or it could just update whenever there is a update to the ARG, which would mean check for mores code(big updates), or just a bright glow (when new content).

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lego606
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 		Re: LA Ice FLy
charon the ferryman wrote:
The LA Ice Fly still has not lit up, so no blinking action. I left it plugged in all night too. Maybe they each have timers in them and have different morse code messages?


Did you ever call/email support? They might be able to tell you what's up with that.

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charon the ferryman
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LA Ice Fly replaced!
This morning I received a text from the number used during the IceFly mission.

We have received word that your icefly was damaged mid-flight, so a replacement specimen has been prepped and is ready for transport. Please specify the appropriate time and location - a representative will be on hand to make the swap. The Human Preservation Project is moving forward.

Drop was arranged and I now have a working icefly. It lit up within a minute or two of plugging it in. I will report back on any unusual flashing...

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Selie
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 		Wow, that's awesome. <3 Had you contacted them yourself, or do you suppose they reached out to you based on info they presumably gleaned from this forum/elsewhere?

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 		I just texted them. Hopefully I can get a working one too. Very Happy
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charon the ferryman
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Selie wrote:
Wow, that's awesome. <3 Had you contacted them yourself, or do you suppose they reached out to you based on info they presumably gleaned from this forum/elsewhere?


I had texted the same night that it never lit up but they said to be patient. But I have posted & tweeted since then that I'd left it plugged in and nothing happened. I think it is very nice of them to swap it out. It was a nice piece of 'artwork' even without light, but even cooler now. Cool

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 		Ditto; maybe I need to be more persistent.
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