Posts Tagged ‘ Lights ’

Synchronized Christmas lights

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Light drawing

Using long exposures and light sources ranging from sparklers to Christmas lights, Eric Staller has created light drawings in photographs. The coolest thing is that these were all done using ordinary film back in the 70s. No computer enhancement or modifications required. Check out a whole gallery at Centripedal Notion: Eric Staller: Light Drawings [ READ MORE ]

Flexible Light strips

This is pretty cool. A company called ELShine, has come up with a custom light fixture that is thin and flexible in a tape form. So you can stick it pretty much anywhere. I can really see putting lighting like this in crawl spaces and small corners, where a full size light fixture wouldn’t fit. Via [ READ MORE ]

Do our gadgets have too many status lights?

ComputerWorld has an interesting article about the large numbers of status lights on our devices. Our computer towers, monitors, printers, keyboards, mice, and even speakers have status lights. On many of those devices the status lights cannot be turned off. Even if the device is turned off! I have a monitor, that has a small [ READ MORE ]

Wind powered garden lights

My house is located on a bay in sunny Florida. And the truth is, you wouldn’t believe the amount of wind that comes off of that bay throughout the day and night. On a stormy day, that wind can be a stiff gale that will knock over my trash can and blow the trees all [ READ MORE ]

Color Night Vision goggles

A company called Tenebraex has come up with a pair of night vision goggles that can create a color image rather than the traditional green monochromatic view of night vision goggles. The goggles are completely mechanical with no computer parts. So there is no heavy power pack required. The color view does require some light. [ READ MORE ]