Exhibit: "Leg Press"
Venue: Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Date: June, 1999
Client: Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Contributors: Mystus Interactus (project coordination, custom software, microprocessor control, housing design), Museum Productions (electronics, mechanicals, housing fabrication)

Description: The visitor is attracted to the exhibit by two alternating backlit images accompanied and an occaisional prompting audio soundtrack. They sit down on the bench, lean back into the cushioned and inclined backrest and place their feet up onto the press bar. As they press on the bar a vertical led bargraph begins to light up. The harder they press the higher the lights rise. At certain points on the light bar backlit images are turned on relating to the amount of force they are currently pressing. Exhausted, they realize their strenght compared to that of a football player and stop pressing. Their friends or other family members join our visitor on the bench, teaming up to press the bar following the same sequence, possibly driving it to the top.

The control system is microprocessor based. It reads and deciphers the force input information. It also drives the light bar electronics, switches the backlight circuits on and off and initiates the audio sequences. The program resides on EPROM and boots up instantly on power up.