Method, modules and a system formed by connecting the modules for controlling payloads are disclosed. An activation signal is propagated in the system from a module to the modules connected to it. Upon receiving an activation signal, the module (after a pre-set or random delay) activates a payload a
Method, modules and a system formed by connecting the modules for controlling payloads are disclosed. An activation signal is propagated in the system from a module to the modules connected to it. Upon receiving an activation signal, the module (after a pre-set or random delay) activates a payload associated with it, and transmits the activation signal (after another pre-set or random delay) to one or more modules connected to it. The system is initiated by a master module including a user activated switch producing the activation signal. The activation signal can be propagated in the system in one direction from the master to the last module, or carried bi-directionally allowing two way propagation, using a module which revert the direction of the activation signal propagation direction. A module may be individually powered by an internal power source such as a battery, or connected to external power source such as AC power. The system may use remote powering wherein few or all of the modules are powered from the same power source connected to the system in a single point. The power may be carried over dedicated wires or concurrently with the conductors carrying the activation signal. The payload may be a visual or an audible signaling device, and can be integrated within a module or external to it. The payload may be powered by a module or using a dedicated power source, and can involve randomness associated with its activation such as the delay, payload control or payload activation.
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1. A first device for electrically connecting and detachably attaching to a second device identical to the first device, the first device having first and second ends and comprising: a first electromechanical connector at the first end;a second electromechanical connector at the second end of the fi
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A first device for electrically connecting and detachably attaching to a second device identical to the first device, the first device having first and second ends and comprising: a first electromechanical connector at the first end;a second electromechanical connector at the second end of the first device, the second electromechanical connector being physically structured to be electrically connectable and detachably mechanically couplable to a first electromechanical connector of the second device; andan annunciator adapted to perform a module-specific task coupled to be electrically Direct Current (DC) powered from the first electromechanical connector of the first device and coupled to be activated in response to a signal received from one of the electromechanical connectors of the first device,wherein at least part of the DC power received from the first electromechanical connector of the first device is passed to the second electromechanical connector of the first device, and wherein the first device is configured to pass bi-directional digital data between the electromechanical connectors of the first device,whereby, when the first device is mechanically connected to the second device, DC power and bi-directional digital data are passed by the respective electromechanical connectors between the connected devices. 2. A modular game set apparatus comprising the first devices according to claim 1, in combination with the identical second device. 3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the second end of the first device is opposite to the first end of the first device, and the first electromechanical connector is opposite to the second electromechanical connector. 4. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a wheel for supporting the device. 5. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a delay circuit having an input coupled to one of the electromechanical connectors of the first device, the delay circuit having an output, and wherein the annunciator is coupled to the output of the delay circuit. 6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the second electromechanical connector of the first device comprises a male connector and the first electromechanical connector of the second device comprises a female connector. 7. The device according to claim 1, wherein the module-specific task is to perform a physical movement. 8. The device according to claim 1, wherein the module-specific task is to emit visible light and the annunciator comprises a visible light emitter. 9. The device according to claim 8, wherein the visible light emitter comprises a semiconductor device, an incandescent lamp, or a fluorescent lamp. 10. The device according to claim 8, wherein the module-specific task of the annunciator comprises blinking by the visible light emitter. 11. The device according to claim 1, wherein the module-specific task is adapted to emit audible sound and the annunciator comprises an audible sound generator. 12. The device according to claim 11, wherein the audible sound generator is configured to produce music. 13. The device according to claim 11, wherein the audible sound generator is configured to produce spoken words. 14. The device according to claim 11, wherein the audible sound generator comprises an electromechanical or piezoelectric sound generator. 15. The device according to claim 14, wherein the audible sound generator comprises an electromechanical sound generator that is a buzzer, a chime, or a ringer. 16. The device according to claim 11, wherein the audible sound generator comprises a loudspeaker and a digital/analog converter coupled to the loudspeaker. 17. The device according to claim 16, wherein the audible sound generator is operative to generate a single tone or multiple tones. 18. The device according to claim 16, wherein the audible sound generator is operative to generate a characteristic sound of a household appliance; a vehicle; an emergency vehicle; an animal; or a musical instrument. 19. The device according to claim 16, wherein the audible sound generator is operative to generate a song, a melody, or a human talking voice. 20. The device according to claim 19, wherein the human talking voice speaks a syllable, a word, a phrase, a sentence, a short story, or a long story. 21. The device according to claim 1, wherein the appearance of the first device or the module-specific task that the annunciator is adapted to perform, relates to a common theme. 22. The device according to claim 21, wherein the appearance of the first device and the module-specific task that the annunciator is adapted to perform, relate to a common theme. 23. The device according to claim 21, the first device has a color, type, or shape associated with the common theme. 24. The device according to claim 21, wherein the theme is a specific type of animal. 25. The device according to claim 1, wherein each of the electromechanical connectors of the first device is rectangular, square, or circular shaped. 26. The device according to claim 1, wherein each of the electromechanical connectors of the first device comprises a USB connector. 27. The device according to claim 1, wherein the first device attachment with the identical second device uses interlocking, friction fit, or shaped lugs and mating cut-outs. 28. The device according to claim 1, wherein the first device is detachably connectable to the identical second device using protrusions in one of the devices and cavities in the other device adapted to receive the protrusions in a frictional engagement. 29. The device according to claim 1, wherein the electromechanical connectors of the first device are physically structured to electrically connect one of the electromechanical connectors of the first device to one of the electromechanical connectors of the second device when the second device is mechanically attached and adjacent to the first device, and each of the electromechanical connectors of the first device and one of the electromechanical connectors of the second device comprises two contacts for carrying both DC power and digital data between the first device and the second device. 30. The device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the electromechanical connectors of the first device and at least one of the electromechanical connectors of the second device are connectable together and each comprises at least two contacts for carrying the DC power and at least two contacts for carrying bi-directional digital data.
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