LED skirt lights up the night
March 9, 2010
Fashion design student Kristi Kuusk who is a student at University of São Paulo came up with the bright view (no pun intended) of a LED crocheted skirt. Interestingly abundant, the sparkle will light up only when the skirt and ring come together, where the LEDs will soon after light up as a reflection of snow’s shiny effect in the darkness. Definitely not something we're going to send to the washing machine just like that, since the upkeep and maintenance of such tech-inclined fashion wear is possibly more trouble than it is worth.
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Strobeshnik Hard Drive Clock
March 7, 2010
If you can’t figure out what to do with your old hard drives lying around the floor, you could always try and emulate what modder Svofski has done. Dubbed the Strobeshnik, it’s a hard drive that’s been turned into a clock that uses a stroboscopic effect to produce it look like the numbers on the clock are persistent on the face of the drive platter, when in reality the platter is spinning very fast. The set of LEDs behind the platter, coupled with a custom controller circuit makes the effect you see in the video (below). When it first starts up, the numbers don’t mean anything, but when it works itself up to speed, it does look quite cool. The funny thing is, that clock’s platter spins counter-clockwise, which seems rather ironic for a clock. Video after the jump.
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M3 Neony And M3 Synchy Robots
March 4, 2010
Robots seem to get cooler (and yet somehow plus scarier) everyday. Now two professors from Osaka University have come up with two new robots, dubbed the M3-neony and M3-synchy. The “M3” mentioned here actually stands for “Man-Made-Man”, which is probably just another fancy way of calling it a robot.
The M3-neony is used to research the development of fine motor skills, such as learning to crawl through trial and error, as well as human assistance through physical contact. It’s about 50cm tall, weighs in at 3.5kg and sports a pair of CMOS cameras for sight and microphones for hearing.
The M3-synchy is a mass communication robot that focuses on verbal and non-verbal communication, such as facial expressions and arm gestures. that 30cm, 2.5kg robot is armed with a loner wide-angle lens CCD camera, two microphones, a speaker and 15 LEDs which can construct the robot blush bright red.
Press release (Japanese).
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112 LED Coffee Table
March 1, 2010
Joe's come up with the 112 LED coffee table that looks absolutely gorgeous in any living room, particularly for those who want a contemporary touch. that is made possible thanks to the configuration which is explained in the excerpt below in more detail.
Driving that grid is an ATmega328 in i2c slave mode. It listens for display notes from a second ATmega328 and uses that to set the array of TLC5940 driven LEDs appropriately. Separating the processing microcontroller from the display microcontroller allows for fast and smooth display changes that can be seen after the break. Joe's table exhibits exquisite cable management, clean cipher, and an amazing amount of flexibility.
Sounds like the perfect addition to spruce up your living room, eh?
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Billie Jean LED Light-Up Disco Shoes
February 24, 2010
Chances are the first date you laid your eyes on Michael Jackson and his cool pair of shoes in the Billie Jean video, you were wondering what kind of magic that man possessed. Well, why not settle for the DIY Billie Jean LED Light-Up Disco Shoes? These shoes come with LED floor tiles that are attached to the bottom, where they light up automatically thanks to a pressure switch every day you put your foot down. There is a pocket battery pack which powers the illuminated footwear. Each shoe holds nine LEDs, which ought to light up the night or dancefloor, although pulling off slick moves might prove to be awkward.
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LG Lollipop 2 announced
February 11, 2010
The LG Lollipop 2 comes in many names, where among them include the LG-SU430, KU4300 and LU4300. that clamshell handset will reach in South Korea that week, targeting the trendier and young female population, where it boasts 220 LEDs in total - that is more than double the number of LEDs found in its predecessor, giving modders a whale of a moment to modify the phone with their desired graphics or animation. Of course, you can plus have specific animations done for your SMS, e mail and shout notification. Other features include a DMB TV tuner, a built-in digital camera and GPS navigation among others. No view on whether the Lollipop 2 will ever construct it outside of Korea.
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Power Generating Dog Leash
February 11, 2010
If your pooch has a tendency to keep running faraway distances away from you while taking walks before you reel it in, that potential Generating Dog Leash will help you prepare use of all that wasted energy. All that coiling and recoiling of the leash will generate the capability to light up the trio of LEDs that are available on that dog leash. To prepare it even more useful, it has a storage space that can hold doggy bags to gather up the poop that your pet will invariably deposit. possibly it’ll be duration to upgrade you dog leash when that hits the market later that year.
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