Hearing of some Adidas TRON shoes sounds awesome enough in text. Seeing a picture like the one above is like Holy Shiat! Finding out they don’t really have any glowing light whatsoever is the kick in the pants at the end. While it’s unfortunate the TRON shoes above don’t really glow with any self illumination, the glow-in-the-dark stitching and other reflective properties play off lighting and light angles to give off the impression of glowing.
No, the they’re not as cool as they could be. Nonetheless, they’re TRON shoes that will no doubt make a statement — and all of this hype a full 6 months before the movie is even released. What are you guys doing in 6 months?
Whataya know, dreams do come true. Turns out that glowing goodness is the real deal, and made with the same material as the official TRON suits in the movie — “Elastolite” (OryonTech).
One complaint I can see someone having with “old” paper-based money is that when in a fat stack (Gee, don’t I wish), it can be hard to easily and/or quickly see what bill is what. Then of course there is the whole thing with inconvenience and the lack of recourse if stolen — unlike plastic such as debit cards and what not. But a new concept by forward, out-of-the-box thinking Jaesik Heo has my interest in paper money *slightly* restored. The idea is simple — different glowing colors for different denominations of bills. Quick, easy, and fun to look at. On the flip side, some may point out the issue with thieves memorizing the colors and sizes of bills. An easy solution would be allowing the end user to change the colors of the bills as they see fit.
Of course, if you want such a glow now you can always walk into a nuclear contaminated area with bills in tow. Sure you’ll glow too and probably knock a good five or six decades off your lifespan, but hey, cool is cool. Besides, radiation green might even be a good color for you, no?
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Luminous Paper Money
- December 10, 2009 10:18 pm
Ever feel like mashing a bunch of lights between your feet and the pavement? If so, maybe you should get your head checked out. Or you could at least explain that you were at Plaza del Torico in Teruel, Spain and were having fun hopping from one LED “fixture” in the cement having a gay old time. The coolest part is that the lights are under full control by some dude giving him control over one of the coolest LED strands yet seen. I know I’d like his job, wouldn’t you?
In all honesty though, the glowing cement is pretty cool if not fundamentally useless. So the light is already there. Now all we need is a fog machine, some glow sticks, and a hip tecno/hip-hop artist. Who’s ready to party?
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