Hi,
Been watching the 'Graphical Fountains' on Youtube...
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFD__5FyXVY"]YouTube - Japanese Creativity - Water Fountain[/nomedia]
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnPnwET4x9k"]YouTube - 3dx scenic studio's new graphical water display[/nomedia]

I am thinking to make a similar version... I know its a heck of work but also know that everything is possible with collective efforts and team work...

just want to get ideas from you, what you think how this thing work?..Do we need lot of solenoid valves with lot of tiny steppers?

Programming ?..do we need to make our own programming software?.. just think if we get the image and convert it into bits and bytes and send to the fountain?...

I will try to use PIC or AVR microcontroller with multeplexing, have to programm a software in VisualBasic , make some initial hardware.. Just thinking of 10 rows of fountain for the time being...

Any ideas from you guys?.. this may be our 2011 PROJECT..