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Green Footprint Concept Could Save Lives, or Just Be the Latest Blue Man Group Routine

Technabob — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:50:46 +0000

I can’t think of many worse places to be stuck than in the smoke-filled interior of a building on fire. Between the prospects of suffocating from smoke inhalation, and burning to death, it’s not a pretty thought. This intriguing concept aims to increase the chances that firefighters will find people before they become casualties.

The idea behind Green Footprint is simple. When a fire is detected, a special ceiling fixture releases a glowing flourescent liquid into hallways and offices. As people move around the room, the dye leaves a trail of glowing footprints wherever they walked. In theory, this would lead firefighters to see exactly where people made their exit or if they were trapped along the way.

If you’re wondering how the stuff would glow – the fixture would actually have lights inside of it, charging up the glow-in-the-dark goo all day long until a fire comes along and triggers a temperature sensor.

I know there are already fancy infrared cameras which let firefighters see the heat signatures of humans (and flames), but this seems like a nice low-tech solution which could definitely save lives – assuming that you can actually see the glowy footprints through the smoke.

Green Footprint was an entrant (and winner) of a Red Dot design concept award, and was conceptualized by Chen Hongyu, Tang Ruoqing, Wang Sheng, Zhu Baixuan and Bian Jing.

Sexiest TRON Costume Ever

Conner Flynn — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:49:13 +0000

This TRON costume is everything that I ever hoped and dreamed for in any TRON movie and yet, so much more. Beautiful scantily clad women with luminescent clothing. Yes, more of this in TRON please!

Etsy seller ArtificeClothing offers up all kinds of sexy clothing, but it is the TRON inspired pieces like the one shown above that catch your eye. This sexy geek-wear glows when it gets about 10 minutes of bright light exposure. They recommend charging them for an hour under bright light and they are then good for about 12 hours.

This item is listed for $105.00 CAD ($109.73 USD), but don’t expect to get the whole get-up for that price. That money just buys you the underbust corset. You’ll have to complete this outfit by buying all of the pieces.

[via Etsy]

Fluid Filled Dress: Mind Blown, Head Tripping

Technabob — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 04:39:55 +0000

Minneapolis artist Charlie Bucket (not the kid from Willy Wonka) knit himself a dress. But this thing isn’t just any old garment. The dress is made from 600 feet of knitted plastic tubing, filled with luminescent fluid.

The whole dress is then connected to a pumping backpack which precisely times the movement of the fluids – resulting in an amazing lightshow. But enough of my yakkin’. Watch, and be mesmerized…

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Trippy, no? Now all he has to do is figure out a way to make it truly portable, and he’d be able to sell thousands of these for rave-goers.

[Vimeo via Boing Boing]

Xbox 360 Glows in the Dark Thanks to Xcm

Technabob — Sat, 24 May 2008 21:55:26 +0000

Who says your Xbox 360 has to overheat and catch fire in order to glow? This new replacement shell from XCM lets your 360 glow green when the lights go down.

The case replaces the entire exterior of your 360 to produce an out-of-this-world green glow when placed in a darkened room. When the lights come on, it still looks pretty cool, letting you peer inside the guts of your console through a pearly see-through outer layer.

You’ll be able to pick up the XCM Pearl Glow Case for the 360 over at Extreme Mods very shortly for $59.99.

[BTW: The Extreme Mods guys will soon be setting up the U.S. website for XCM over at XCM-USA.com, be sure to bookmark it and come back soon].