Tag: LED
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Million Mile Light Requires No Battery
Runners need to be seen at night. There’s a slew of LED lights on the market to help them with this, but the Million Mile Light stands out by requiring absolutely no battery, ever. It uses the kinetic energy from your every stride to power a pulsating LED light that’s bright enough to be seen…
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Deal Of The Day: 44% Off On Large ilumi LED Smartbulb
If you’ve ever walked into an Apple Store, you likely saw the Hue bulbs. They’re great, but they’re also pretty expensive. Turns out they’re not the only smart bulbs on the market, and the Large ilumi LED Smartbulb seems like a great alternative. Our favorite ilumi smartbulb is now available in a larger size, and…
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Deal Of The Day: 16% Off On SMFX Smart Bulb
LED smart bulbs are great because you can control them from your smartphone, they usually display millions of colors, and hey, they’re just cool, ok? But they’re also usually expensive. Not so much for the SMFX Smart Bulb, relatively speaking. And in terms of features, it’s second to none: SMFX is adjusted straight from your…
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Ghoulish Illumination: Skull Lamp
Rarely will you hear someone say that a skull lights up their world. But if you own one of these Skull lamps, you’ll be able to empathize. They aren’t the most comforting of images to wake up to, but they will give whatever room you decide to place it in that extra edge, decor-wise. You’ll be…
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LumiLor LED Paint Is The Coolest Thing We’ve Seen In A While
Imagine for a second a special kind of paint, one that you can spray anywhere like, you know, regular paint. Except this particular one lights up on command! Yes, LumiLor paint from Darkside Scientific is pretty much a liquid spray-on LED. Seriously. Any surface sprayed with this stuff, and connected properly, can be lit instantly,…
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Lego Electronic Gun That Emulates Star Wars Han Solo’s Gun
If you are obsessed with Star Wars, then you are most definitely going to like any DIY project that aims at replicating one of the many unique props used in this epic super-galactic saga. Baran von Brunk, who is an avid DIYer, has built an Electronic Lego gun, emulating Han Solo’s weapon and named it…
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Intelligent Blinker is a Wearable Turn Signal for Cyclists
The dark is sometimes a cyclist’s worst enemy. Unlike cars, bikes don’t come equipped with lights and signals so other people on the road might misread the signals (or lack thereof) and, well, you know what happens next. As a response to this, PhD students from Electronics Laboratoryat EPFL have come up with the Intelligent Blinker,…
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LightFreq Bulb Does A Lot More Than Just Change Colors
The exposure received by the Philip’s Hue being sold in Apple Stores has gotten lots of people thinking about smart LED bulbs that change colours through an application on your phone. It’s a hot niche right now, and Lightfreq is an interesting new entrant. Aside from the aforementioned colour-changing abilities, the bulb has built-in speakers…
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LED Tetris Tie: Play While You Work
Tetris is an awesome game for stress relief. There’s just something therapeutic about piling various shapes one on top of the other, leaving no empty spaces in between. And now you can play it on your necktie! This fun, interactive tie was thought up by Bill Porter after a long day of teaching at the FSU…
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A Bright Engagement: Man Builds Induction-Powered LED Engagement Ring for Fiance
If you like it, then you should put a ring on it. But let’s do one up Beyonce and say that if you love her, then you’ll go ahead and build a ring for her. That’s what Ben Kokes did for his fiance. It took nearly four months and nine prototype versions before Ben was…