Do you own anything that really shows the world what a geek you are? Now, I mean geek in a cool way not in a thrown in a high school locker way. Besides, you are an adult, you can’t even fit in lockers anymore. So with that in mind, it’s about time you got serious about showing off your geek cred. Let me open your peepers to this Arduino-controlled LED watch.
This piece of nerd-chic tells time with a series of brightly glowing LEDs on an exposed PCB. If you didn’t know what either of those acronyms mean then this is not the watch for you. If you did, however, then you may want to track one of these down. The watch also tells perfect time, if you are worried about ..read more
Posted in: Concept Design, Do-It-Yourself Industry Leaders, LED, Watches
An Atlanta designer has upped the ante on fan-made Daft Punk related merchandise. Harrison Krix has cobbled together a Daft Punk inspired helmet that is so cool, so amazing to look at it, that it may be better than anything the band can come up with themselves.
First of all, it’s Arduino-controlled and uses LED lights to get that flashing effect. You can use a computer or a smartphone to change the scrolling text to any thing you like. Do I sense a bad knock knock joke coming on? Maybe that’s just me. Anyways, you can watch how he built the thing via a video he posted on Youtube. You can also use that Youtube to him sad, pathetic messages begging to borrow it just for Halloween or your kid’s birthday ..read more
Posted in: Concept Design, DIY - Corner, Hats, LED
LED displays keep popping up in the most random of places. But, come on, a lab coat?! Haven’t seen that one before. This ridiculously cool coat was designed by Dave Forbes and it is, essentially, a wearable video display that doubles as a swanky coat. Not bad.
Basically, a bunch of LEDs wrap around the lab coat, giving it the air of being an actual, moving television. It works by being plugged into an iPod or DVD player, and it’s all powered by a 12V battery. It will make its world-wide debut at this year’s Burning Man festival. Yikes, we bet someone pees on it.
Wanna see this bad boy in action? Click here!
Posted in: Concept Design, Jacket, LED, Wearable Tech
Tokyoflash has always been on the cutting edge of watch design. The company has recently resurrected their famous Rogue line of watches. The hook? These watches now feature a pretty nifty combo LCD/LED display up front.
The display is always on and still manages to keep battery use at a minimum. The screen comes colored in red, blue, orange or green. It is your choice, as seen in the photo above. Time is told via noticing where the gaps are within the screen. It may require more mental acumen then just reading numbers, but come on, not that much more.
The watches are available now for $179.
Posted in: LED, Tokyoflash, Watches
You like Apple, but do you really like Apple? Show your love with this wearable set of cuff-links, appropriately named iCufflinks. Adafruit Industries has produced these nice looking monstrosities and they pull out all the stops, or as many stops as one can pull out for cuff-links.
For one, they perfectly capture the aesthetic wonder of Mac power buttons. They even feature the tell-tale LED light. Not bad, right? The lights can even be programmed to beep in a particular rhythm. That’s not all, though. The company promises a necklace version will be released later this year.
Posted in: Accessories, Adafruit Industry, LED
Sure, there are lots of LED dresses floating around lately. There aren’t many LED-enabled dress coats, however. Swedish designer Angella Mackey has deigned to fill that void with her first LED design, the Vega One.
This dress coat for ladies is not only stylish but it’s also, um, bright. It comes with two cool looking LEDs, one near each shoulder. The coat is made of a satin finish 60% cotton and 40% polyester fabric, and another set of red LEDs on the back. The designer did this to focus on safety. Nobody wants to run over someone bright.
The coat is on sale now for $449. Get it while it’s hot!
Posted in: Dress, Jacket, LED
George Costanzas of the world unite! Sure there are lots of cool hats out there, but can any others purport to be able to grow your hair back?! Apira Science has come up with its innovative iGrow hair growing helmet, device thingie.
It packs 21 laser diodes and 30 LED lights into one handy-dandy helmet that apparently recreates the functionality of clinical hair lasers. The company promises “thicker, fuller and healthier” hair in just a “few short months.” However, that’s not all this bad boy does. It also doubles as an mp3 player so you can jam your favorite tunes as your favorite follicles return in all of their glory.
The iGrow can be used with men or women and costs $695. This may sound like a lot, but we are sure ..read more
Posted in: Apira Science, Hats, LED
We all love dresses that light up. You know it. I know it. Charlie Bucket knows it. That’s why the famous designer has concocted the Fluid Dress. This dress is composed of more than 600 feet of tube lighting, make it the brightest dress on the runway, driveway or wherever it is you’d wear this thing.
The oddest design choice comes with the power source. It takes a lot of power to keep 600 feet of knitted tubing lit up, so you have to literally wear the power source. This comes in the form of a backpack, which can be seen standing behind the dress. Just be sure not to cross the streams, though.
In all seriousness though, this thing is knit beautifully and would make the right gal(Or crossdresser, no hatin’) ..read more
Posted in: Dress, LED, Runway, Textile Circuit, Textiles, Wearable Tech
Want to walk across the dais with style? Then watch this video on how to mod your own LED-enabled graduation cap. A student at Northwestern University named Yomo Gaocho is the guy to thank for this nifty piece of concept tech. He did just as advertised at his own graduation.
The cap contains 256 LED lights which certainly makes him the geekiest college graduate since, well, ok all college graduates are geeky. Get it? Anti-intellectual humor!
Mr. Gaocho is trying to make this a business, offering companies in-cap advertisements using specialized arrangements of LED lights. Really.
Posted in: Concept Design, Hats, LED
Ok, yeah. Where to start here? This teeth whitening kit by Beaming White, called Forever White, can also double as sort of LED-enabled hellscape. The kit has you applying a hydrogen peroxide gel to your teeth, then using the included cheek retractors to stretch out into a rueful smile, then letting the blue LEDs activate the gel’s superpowers.
Look at this guy! He certainly is, um, forever white. Don’t worry. That’s not all. No the kit also comes with a headset, so you can play your favorite MP3s as you, um, wait. Or something.
The wholesale site where this kit can be found advertises “terrific high-profit margins.” We are fairly sure that is the only thing terrific about this product. Just kidding guys!
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