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Robotic plant has LED flowers

By Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on November 11, 2009 11:59 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks


A bit of fun. This is what a robotic plant looks like, with (white and infrared) LEDs in the flower.

It's name is Himawari (Japanese for sunflower) and its design has apparently been influenced by the motion pattern of sunflowers, with it reacting to human movements. The stalk is driven by servo motors and there are alloy actuators in the head, but it is the reflected light from the white LED tentacles - and infrared LEDs which are used to reflect IR light - that enables movement to be tracked.
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Cool Philips Lumiblade OLED lighting prototypes

By Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on November 6, 2009 8:03 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
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Is it just me or do these OLED 'pretend filament bulbs' look like nooses?

This one caught my eye over the weekend, in a blog post highlighting the flexibility of OLEDs - because there is no point-source of light they are more amenable to specialised shapes.

philips oled prototype.jpgTechnabob flags that Philips has made some interesting prototype fixtures using their new Lumiblade OLED technology.

Check them out, some are very cool. I lke the OLED rocking chair-n-light.

Alien LED Jumper Cables

By Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on September 21, 2009 11:02 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Alien LED jumper cable.jpgOne for your car, maybe - they jumped out at me on Sunday, browsing a website called Craziestgadgets.com.

Why are these jumper cables on this blog? They feature LED lighting on the clamps that give the alien eyes a certain blaze, and help illuminate the work at hand.

They are available from the Herrington catalogue for 35 online dollars:
"Ingenious, high-intensity LEDs on each clamp automatically light up when you squeeze open the jaws -- illuminating dark engine bays and poorly marked battery terminals," it writes.

LED Dragonfly street lighting, with camera

By Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on September 9, 2009 2:29 PM | 2 Comments | No TrackBacks
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We've been writing about the rollout of LED streetlights, well, why not go the whole hog and have LED Dragonflies atop the lamps?

Note, however, they also conceal cameras for eyeing the street below. Street art and security benefits...

See these efforts, apparently from Seoul, South Korea (thanks to www.newlaunches.com for this one).
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LED Bulbdial Clocks

By Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on June 11, 2009 9:44 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
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Check out this ingenious use of LEDs, for time telling.

Basically, "Bulbdial" clocks rely on changing electric light to emulate the principles of sundials. Very impressive in their design, and they look like works of art.
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Stop or I'll shoot ...my LED gun!

By Alistair Winning on March 26, 2009 4:19 PM | 3 Comments | No TrackBacks

When one of my friends told me that LEDs were now being used as a weapon to incapacitate suspects I was a little bit sceptical to say the least, or more truthfully I thought he should lay off the heavy stuff. However, I decided to do a quick Google search, more to shoot down his theory in flames than to see if it was true.

 

I was more than a bit surprised when I actually got some results.

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Site update: LED-based performance art

By Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on March 20, 2009 10:54 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
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A bit of fun for a Friday.

Check out this amazing video of LED-based "extreme shepherding" on the Electro-ramblings blog.

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