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LED Maps Light Up Wherever You’ve Been, or Where You’re Going

Technabob — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:24:20 +0000

Do you travel a lot? While you could certainly use any of a number of digital tools to keep track of all the locations you’ve visited, it might be sort of cool to have a more physical manifestation of your journeys than just some Google Maps page that only exists in the digital ether of The Cloud. These LED wall maps might just do the trick.

Each one of these map is capable of powering LED markers placed at any location on the map. To map out where you’ve been (or where you’re going), you simply poke an LED into the location on the map and it lights up.

In addition to the U.S. map, there’s a world map edition too, but it’s not quite as detailed, so it might be harder to pinpoint the exact cities you’ve been to.

However, since the whole thing is backed by a sheet of conductive foam, you can still place the LEDs anywhere you want on the map.

Each kit comes not only with the map, but with 100 LEDs in a variety of colors that you can use to mark your locations. There are also two blinking markers in the kit which let you mark home base, or start and end points on a long journey.

I think these would look great hanging up in a home office or study, as well as in a classroom for teaching geography. I could also see using these to divvy up sales territories by using colored LEDs to represent different sales reps.

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Each map measures 35.5″(W) x 24.5″(H) x .75″(D), and includes a power adapter with a 9-foot cord. They’re available in either a black powder-coat aluminum frame for $199.99 (USD) or a burled wood frame for $249.99 over at LED Maps.

LED Pi Wall Art is 3.14159265 Times Geekier Than Other Wall Art

Technabob — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:13:58 +0000

Looking for the perfect gift for the math geek who has everything?… or the math geek who has nothing? How about a brightly-glowing Pi symbol? Contrary to the mathematical constant, there’s nothing irrational about this thing, but it will constantly glow when you hang it on your wall.

I spotted this geeky Pi art over at LuxChroma’s Etsy shop, and it’s quite the thing for the math-obsessed out there. While you probably can’t use Pi in an equation to determine the size of this thing, I’ll tell you that it measures 15.5″ (w) x 15.25″ (h), and is constructed from durable PVC, with bright LED backlighting. The default version comes with green illumination, but can be requested with white, blue, red or amber LEDs too.

Mathematicians, you can grab your glowing Pi wall art over on Etsy for $65 (USD). If you’re more into computers than math, be sure to check out the glowing 5-1/4″ floppy disk or USB symbol, and Mac users will enjoy this glowing command-key symbol.

Dilbert Comes to Your Office With New Wall Graphics

Shane McGlaun — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:06:22 +0000

Back before I was a full time geek, I had a real job in an office where I had to actually work and put up with a boss I always suspected was a bit deranged. Most of us have had jobs where we really didn’t like the boss or had coworkers that we wanted to punch. With that in mind, most of us can relate to the Dilbert comic strip.

I am a Dilbert fan, but I like Dogbert the most. If you are a fan of the comic, you will want to get your hands on these new wall graphics from LTL Prints. All of the characters from the Dilbert comic strip are available.

You can get the graphics sized for your laptop lid or in life-size (albeit NBA life-size) 7-foot range for sticking on the wall. The laptop graphics are $14.95 (USD) and the wall size is $149.95. Scott Adams said about the graphics, “They’re way better than coworkers. They won’t borrow your extra chair and they never talk.” I bet they don’t walk into your closet size office, fart, and then lock you in either.

Vinyl Arcade Wall Decals Perk Up Your Game Room

The Scholar — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:30:14 +0000

I’ve just found the perfect way to enhance your game room, or actually any room in your house needing a bit of fun, while at the same time saluting the salad days of gaming yore. Just peel and stick these terrific vinyl Pac-Man decals ($20) or Invaders decals ($45) from Sydney Etsy sellers vinylwalldesign up on your wall and start humming those theme songs every time you look at them.

The Pac-Man kit includes Pac-Man (16.5cm diameter), Pinky, 5 dots and 1 pill, while the Space Invaders package includes 18 invaders (about 8cm x 5cm each), 2 missiles and 2 ships to mix and match as you wish.

The Etsy sellers will also accommodate custom requests from choosy gamers who would prefer other Pac man characters. Hmmm, I can see cherries and lemons on my family room wall right now…

Purchase these pieces over at the vinylwallart shop and see more intriguing (non-gamer) designs too!