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led color-changing flat panels perfect for home discos

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Looking for a dramatic, colorful addition to your room? If your taste skews towards Saturday Night Fever, have I got a thing for you.

These flat LED panels can be mounted on your wall or ceiling (although dancing on these isn’t recommended) and can change colors with the push of a button. Using the panels,…

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June 24th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design interactive technology

solar power your nintendo ds

nintendo ds solar panel green instructable diy

The Nintendo DS Lite boasts pretty decent battery life when fully charged… but why charge it at all? Slap a few solar panels on that bad boy and stop worrying where you left your charger. Not sure how to accomplish such a feat? Well, thank goodness for all the people who write up how-tos just…

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February 12th, 2009 comments (7) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: hacks + mods video games

infinitouch: turns any surface into a touch panel

Infinitouch Example

QSI Corporation has revealed a new technology that lets any semi-rigid material sense touch. Any combination of materials such as glass, plastic, metal, stone or wood can become the touch input surface.

Their force-based InfiniTouch technology can not only read X and Y coordinates, but even the Z-axis force, so they can sense the intensity…

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May 23rd, 2007 comments (6) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: future tech