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light up apple rainbow logo t-shirt: retrodiscolicious

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Wear your retro Apple spirit on your sleeve (or really on your chest) with one of these illuminated t-shirts, sporting the old school rainbow Apple logo.

The t-shirt lights up using an electroluminescent display that responds to music and other ambient sounds.

And while Apple hasn’t used the classic rainbow logo since 1998, I have…

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December 29th, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun retro

marcus tremontos’ el lamps create 3d illusions

Electroluminescent Wall Lamp by Marcus Tremonto

At first glance, this lighting fixture might look like a table lamp. But upon further examination, it turns out that it’s actually a sconce you hang on the wall.

Designer Marcus Tremonto pokes strands of illuminated wires through glossy sheets of Perspex acrylic to create the illusion of 3-dimensional geometric forms.

While the bright self-lit…

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December 4th, 2008 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design

spequalizer audio meter frames: rave up

Speaqualizer Audio Meter Frame

For those of you who’d like to make your living room look just a little more like a rave, have I got something for you. Just grab a few of these sound-sensing picture frames, and transform your pad into a serious party palace.

Designed by FlashWear, the same guys who brought you the popular T-Qualizer,…

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April 5th, 2008 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio technology

lexon jet clocks tell time with a modern flair

LEXON Jet Wall Clock

I’m absolutely bonkers for these gorgeous new digital clocks from British industrial designer Theo Williams. The LEXON Jet series of clocks feature a bold electroluminescent backlit dot matrix display that’s really really easy to read.

In addition to telling time, day and date, the Jet wall clock also features a temperature display and an alarm.…

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March 24th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design timepieces

analog clock really wants to be digital

EL Analog Clock by &Design

When turned off, this minimal white-on-white wall clock might seem a bit hard to read. But once the bright blue-green hands are switched on, the display come to life.

Designed by Shigenori Ichimura and Tetsu Miyazawa of Japan’s &design, the clock draws its inspiration from the segments of an LED display. The analog hands get…

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December 16th, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design timepieces

etree el lamp: make like a tree and get out of here

ETree Electroluminescent Lamp

This amazing floor lamp uses strands of brilliant electroluminescent tubes to form into an nearly infinite number of flowing organic shapes.

Designed by Jesus Felipe and Silvia Grimaldi of UK-based Nimble Critters, the ETree lamp is more of an interactive sculpture than simply a lamp. Each of the light’s 10 bluish-green “branches” can be bent…

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November 30th, 2007 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design interactive

fake window sheds light on your cubicle

EL Window Shade by Makoto Hirhara for Mongoose

For those of us working in offices with no exterior windows, we’re always looking for ways to bring a little light into our lives. You could grab one of those outdoor scene rotators I showed you the other day, but if you’d like something a little more subtle, check this out.

The Bright Blind comes…

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November 25th, 2007 comments (11) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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electroluminescent butterfly: sixties band or light fixture?

Electroluminescent Butterfly Lights

Stare at these trippy blue light-up butterflies for too long, and you won’t be able to get Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida out of you head either.

Designers Soner Ozenc and John Wischhusen created these electroluminescent butterflies called GloWings. Each see-through winged critter is loaded with blue electroluminescent wire to produce a soft blue-green glow. They can be hung…

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September 22nd, 2007 comments (7) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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o.d.m. electroluminescent pixel watches

O.D.M. Pixel Watches

These funky looking watches from o.d.m. design feature a jumbo electroluminescent display that wraps around the curvature of the watch band.

The watches come in three dramatic polycarbonate finishes: translucent pink, amber or white, and make a very dramatic statement with their high contrast pSEL displays. While o.d.m. didn’t seem to have them for sale…

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March 24th, 2007 comments (12) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design timepieces

keyboard lights up, rolls up

USB Illuminated Roll-Up Keyboard

I’ve seen plenty of illuminated keyboards in my time, and also several that are flexible, but this is the first keyboard I’ve seen that both lights up and rolls up.

Made from flexible Silicone, The USB Illuminated Roll-Up Keyboard from USBGeek gets its glow from a cool sapphire blue electroluminescent layer. It’s designed to be…

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March 9th, 2007 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing gadgets