In the world of corporate America and the endless seas of cubicle islands, flickering lights are nothing more than a nuisance/headache-causing annoyance that we have to deal with day in and day out. But six municipal buildings in St Cloud, Minnesota at the will be outfitted with LVX’s “Visible Light Communication System”. The concept is simple: flickering lights (in this case, LEDs) transfer data to desktop modems that then feed the information to a...
Being a night rider has its pros and cons. On one hand, it’s cooler at night, there’s less traffic, and it’s generally quieter. At the same time, you’re less visible in the dark and therefore, if not properly illuminated, can end up like the poor racoons we all see day in and day out. But fear not. The Cyglo Tyre, invented by James Tristram, makes use of a simple ring of LED’s embedded in the tire’s sidewall. The lighting choices...
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...
Do you have yourself a faulty pair of eye balls that simply refuse to distinguish certain or all colors? I can certainly understand how such things would put a few monkey wrenches in your daily routine, especially considering that stop lights in particular rely on colors to get their message across — a very important message that is. But there is hope for color absent people — the Uni-Light. Besides having normal colors for not so color blind people, the...
Forget about worrying whether or not you’ve got enough batteries. They don’t last that long in “real” gadgets. And unless you buy strictly rechargeables, you’re going to be replacing batteries for the rest of your life. Not a good deal in the slightest. Toss ‘em out and pick up one of these nifty hand-crank lights designed by Australian designer Kenan Wang. Green. Simple. Cool. Yay or nay? The Awesomer > Kenan...
