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laser xmas tree in tokyo: no need for needles

filed under: just plain fun

Laser Christmas Tree in Tokyo

This giant green Christmas tree was recently sighted at the base of an office building in Tokyo, Japan. But unlike its Rockefeller Center counterpart, this one can entirely vanish with the flip of a switch.

The bright green laser tree was on display from December 18 to 22 between the towers of the Yurakucho Marion building in the Tokyo’s fashionable Ginza district…

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December 25th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

led mouse pad offers a light show on your desktop

filed under: computing

Flexiglow LED Mouse Pad

Looking for a cool way to add a splash of color to your desktop? These LED mouse pads offer up bright, colorful illumination.

Created by Flexiglow, the xRaider gaming mouse pad plug into your USB port and comes in red, green and blue varieties to suit your current mood. An etched plastic border produces a bright glow along edge around the pad, making it really jump off of your desk surface…

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December 23rd, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

led faux fur pimp coat is a sight to behold

filed under: strange and wonderful

LED Pimp Coat by Enlighted

I thought that the Pac-Man hoodie would be the most outlandish article of clothing I’d write about this week, but leave it to me to always go just one better…

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December 20th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

barcelona’s agbar tower covered with led lighting

filed under: design

Torre Agbar Tower Illuminated

Having not been to Barcelona, Spain, this is the first time I’ve heard of this unusual high-rise building, covered with thousands of LED illumination panels.

At first glance, it’s hard to get over the ridiculously suggestive shape of the Torre Agbar (Agbar Tower), but it’s the cool light show that’s really the eye-catcher here…

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December 16th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

light source glows for 12+ years without power

filed under: future tech

Glowing Bike

Lightroenergy is an amazing new source of illumination which can produce a bright glow for up to a dozen years without any electricity or exposure to sunlight.

Litrospheres are tiny self-luminous particles which can be injection molded or embedded into paints…

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December 12th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

rgby led desktop offers chameleon-like surface

filed under: design | interactive

RGBy Desk by Studio Mongoose

This amazing LED tabletop surface can sense the color of objects placed on top of it, then automatically change its own colors to match.

The RGBy desk uses small clusters of photo sensors and multicolored LEDs to work its color-changing magic…

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December 5th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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

filed under: design | interactive

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…

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

fake window sheds light on your cubicle

filed under: design

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…

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November 25th, 2007 9 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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