TOMORROW’S TECH TODAY: The Audience Height Adjuster (AHA)
Those of us who have ever been stood behind The World’s Tallest Man at a concert are well aware that it is humanity’s most pressing problem - how to conveniently maximise band visibility for all audience members?
Most venues have attempted to solve this problem by issuing ticket-holders with adjustable stilts. Whilst this has provided a convenient short-term solution, the stilts have always tended to attract infestations of clowns.
But now hope is at hand.
The Audience Height Adjuster (AHA) from MoranisTech is a ceiling-based device that subtly and continuously adjusts the height of each and every member of the audience - shortest at the front, tallest at the back, with unobscured views for all. It’s the perfect system.
We caught up with the makers of the gadget to find out more about the science behind it.
”The Audience Height Adjuster (AHA) works using magnets, a complex system of pulleys, and a shrink ray,” explained Timothy Wardrobe, head scientist at MoranisTech, “Plus a laser for hats. You’ve really got to watch out for hats.”
Similar gig technology emerged in the 1990s, but with a key difference. The instrument would enlarge band members themselves by up to 100 metres to make them more conveniently visible. However, the short-lived technology faced sharp criticism after the British pop group Shampoo were made big in Japan and destroyed Tokyo.