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...
Ok, so the title is bittersweet. One side of the argument, it’s helluva cool to have something as “ordinary” as an LED actually become mini wireless routers of sorts. On the flip side, 2Mbps is hardly going to cut it in the days of HD everything, lossless media, and intense LAN gaming. This is of course brought to you buy the Chinese Academy of Sciences in case you were curious… I personally don’t see LED’s taking over wireless...
Safety first as they always say… If you’re a biker (with pedals now) who is familiar with the perils and dangers that night riding bring on, you’ve no doubt become accustomed to your trusty LED or army of LED’s keeping you somewhat visible and alive. A mini-strobe here or there does aid greatly in the night’s overpowering darkness. But there’s something better and geekier waiting for you… The Ferris WheeLED (PIAA) is just what the...
For one, I love gadgets. Sometimes even more lust worthy however is a good prank or joke. The “lamp/lamp” created by Hironao Tsuboi is both a joke, and a sweet looking gadget. There’s nothing too tricky going on here. Tsuboi just moved the wires needed for illumination to the head of the bulb while leaving the actual metal connector in it’s rightful place. The result is a $26 incandescent light bulb that still leaves me willing to pay for it. ...
How many ways can you really innovate with a plug, outlet, or smartphone charging accessory? It’s pretty basic stuff — electrons shuttled from one probe to another, bringing along their shocking good time. Every now and then however, someone comes along with a facepalm of an idea making us all collectively think “Why didn’t we do that?” The “lighted cable” (some name) is basic in principle though complex in how it makes me want...
