Great project, strange name. Created by Danish artist Alexander Laner, Viva Las Vegas is a project that makes one gaze in wonder and amazement. Creating POV visuals from a spinning set of recycled hardware and neon lights, Viva looks to engage the user in an inebriated state and hold their attention continuously. So if you’re in Copenhagen, Denmark anytime soon, stop by the Tom Christoffersen Gallery and let us know how it looks.
These recycled teacups called “Ted Lights” from Domestic Construction are just what you need to impress the grandkids! Home decor for the elderly never looked so stylin’. A cool design and the feint odor of mothballs make for the perfect light to illuminate your kitchen with. Oh, and you can’t drink out of them as there’s holes drilled into the bottom, so don’t try it. Singles or clusters are available.
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We all knew this would happen. The 1980’s have reemerged with Monkeylectric’s fully-customizable (if you got the skills and want to void the warranty) LED bike light for your wheels/spokes. Not only will this make you look like you’re into Flock of Seagulls, but it also improve your chances of survival at night in the urban jungle.
Monkeylectric offers free tutorials on how to integrate your own designs into the device as well as some modifications you can make:
* swap in a lithium battery (the existing low-battery warning is perfect for a lithium-protector - just make sure you turn off the power when you start seeing it)
* make handlebar mounted control buttons by using magnetic switches in parallel with the on-board buttons
* power two units from one set of batteries
* mount the batteries on opposite side of the wheel from the unit, to balance the weight
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Sometimes simplicity can be king when designing a product. Case in point: The Brightdoor. A creation from the studio of Lervik Design, Brightdoor works just like a traffic light sans yellow. If the door glows green, it’s unlocked and you can enter. Seeing Red? No entrance for you!
Like many unique products, this is just a prototype that isn’t going to be implemented anytime soon. At first, I couldn’t fathom is how this door could be applied to real-life situations. Then it started to sink in. Perhaps a voting booth of some sort? A dark room for photography could make great use of the Brightdoor, keeping people out while you’re developing negatives.
I decided this homebrew LED coffee table is the perfect way to begin a new week. It’s called Da Table and features a grid of LED lights right below the surface of the table. The grid can also be programmed to display a number of messages and patterns through an integrated micro controller. Something tells me a cheeseball would buy this and propose to his girlfriend via a god damned coffee table.
While it’s not an energy-efficient table, per se, it probably won’t make a huge dent in your electric bill either.
My friend Dennis once told me a story about drinking in Japan. Turns out after a few rounds, he did a shot of 2C-E and the night turned into a grooved out trip. Thanks to the bright lights of Tokyo and Akihabara, he was able to roam the streets with something interesting to gaze at for a few hours.
Unfortunately, your suburb may not have the charm or lights of Japan, so why not make the LSD go down a little easier with these Lava Lamp Shot Glasses. When you pour the booze or industrial chemicals in, the bright LEDs light up and you feel a little happier inside. Lights go out when the glass is empty or when you pass out in your crazy ass bathtub. At $8.95 each, they’re perfect for your friend’s birthday.
You didn’t realize the joke in “I Wear My Sunglasses At Night”, did you? Luckily for you, you now get to be the only person in the group of your friends to think that these glasses will make you as cool as Corey Hart. The glasses (not sunglasses) really show off their abilities when you step into the clubs with neon lights everywhere. The bars you see here aren’t the only designs offered; you can choose from different patterns, colors, and intensity. Please, don’t let anyone catch you wearing these darkglasses during the day. They won’t be helping you fight the sun at all, they don’t have any UV protection at all. Zip, nada. So how much will you pay? 30 euros say that you won’t be buying a pair of these anytime soon. –Nik Gomez
Night Glasses with zero UV protection [via UberGizmo]
A special city in the US has replaced some of its street lights with LED lights. What city might this be you ask? Well it happens to be Ann Arbor, Michigan, home of the famous University of Michigan Wolverines. Why are they so famous? Well, they just got demolished by USC (go Trojans!) in the Rose Bowl on January 1st in Pasadena. Sorry, that was my little rant on putting down Michigan because I am a USC fan. Anyways, Ann Arbor has actually done a lot of good with the LED lights. They are hoping to cut back on their energy bill in half by switching to these lights. They already began switching the lights downtown, and were putting feedback on the poles; there have only been 3 negative comments since the beginning of the year. Supposedly these lights are a hit, getting inquiries from Canada and even Europe; how they found out about them is beyond us. Hopefully the switching of LED lights will save the city of Ann Arbor precious money and man power so they can direct those resources to mourning the loss of their precious Wolverines. After all, they only publicized this switching so people will look at their city with dignity again, at least that’s why I looked at this. — Nick Rice
LED Street Lights [EcoGeek]
