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Glowing LED Snowboarder Lights Up Like a Christmas Tree

Range — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:00:48 +0000

I’ve heard about integrating LEDs into clothing, but this is the first time that I’ve seen a snowboarder completely lit up like a Christmas tree. In the short film L.E.D. Surfer, created by filmmaker Jacob Sutton for Nowness, we get to watch Artec pro snowboarder William Hughes going down the French Alps, covered head-to-toe in bright LEDs.

The bespoke LED enveloped suit was the creation of John Spatcher and it needed to be quite bright, since it’s the only light source for the film, which was shot at night. Sutton used a Red Epic camera while riding a skidoo to capture the action, and it’s really pretty spectacular. Check it out for yourself:

Between the lighting of the suit and the darkness, as well as the slowed-up action, there are moments where you think that Hughes is surfing on waves in the ocean, instead of a snowboarder going down a slope.

[via If It's Hip It's Here]

French Bread Vending Machine: That’s All We Knead Now

Shane McGlaun — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:23:28 +0000

Here in the States, the oddest vending machines we get tend to be the sort in Airports that sell things like cameras and MP3 players. We don’t really get any of the truly disgusting ones like the Chinese vending machine that sells live crab. A strange vending machine has now surfaced in France that sells something I would like to see in US machines – fresh baked bread.

Fresh baked bread isn’t something we get a lot of in my area, the stores tend to bake once per day so if you get there too late it’s as cold had hard as a loaf wrapped in plastic. The French on the other had have a machine that you can slip a coin into and 90 seconds later the thing pops out a nice fresh baguette.

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The guy that shot the video says that the taste and texture won’t be putting any bakeries out of business soon, but I bet it tastes better than the “fresh” bread at my local grocery store.

[via Super Punch via BoingBoing]

French Dude Plays Mario Kart in Real Life

Range — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:09:11 +0000

Haven’t you always wanted to play Mario Kart in real life? French humorist Rémi Gaillard actually played Super Mario Kart for real, by driving a real go-cart through city traffic while he was disguised as Mario.

The video is pretty funny because Mario even tosses banana peels at other cars and drivers. He also collects power-ups and at one point, he even stops at a grocery store to pick up some extra bananas.

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While you probably want to give this a try, it’s best that you don’t because Mario ends up meeting his match with some French motorcycle cops, who aren’t too pleased with his stunt. Flipping them off probably didn’t help matters!

[via DVice]

The Mach 2000 LED Watch: Making Retro Cool

Technabob — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 21:42:54 +0000

Based on a classic 1970s digital watch by revered French designer Roger Tallon, the Mach 2000 is a perfect melding of simplicity and technology.

French watchmaker Lip has taken Tallon’s original watch design and has reissued it for us to enjoy all over again. Featuring a retro 7-segment red LED, the watch comes in both silver and black powdercoat aluminum cases with a rubber watch band.

The Lip Mach 2000 LED watch can be found from the LED Watch Stop for $189.