If you’re like me, you’ll agree that there’s nothing in the whole wide world that’s quite as bad as getting your hand wet. I hate it! So it pleases me greatly to see this $40 shower head with built-in LED lighting that turns blue when the water’s cold and red when it’s warm (89 degrees, to be exact). The shower head requires no batteries, thankfully, and “installs in minutes,” according to ThinkGeek. There’s also a flow regulator that limits the outpouring of water to 2.5 gallons per minute. Is that good or bad? Nobody likes a low-flow shower head. ThinkGeek :: LED Shower Light [ThinkGeek.com] → Read More
There’s some sort of display exposition happening in Los Angeles right now, where Samsung showed off an 82-inch LED-backlit ultra high-definition LCD. Yes, that’s it up there; it’s magnificent. The monitor, no surprise, has that 120Hz thing going on. The rest is trade-pub banter that bores everyone. via TV Snob → Read More
HP and DreamWorks, two titans of something, have joined forces, not unlike Voltron, to develop a new LED-backlit LCD technology that “provides accurate, predictable color and a simple color management process.” Let me translate. You know how when you view an LCD sometimes colors will look different depending where on the panel they are? I guess that’s a big enough problem for movie producers to go out of their way to come up with a new technology. Basically, it’s an inexpensive 30-bit LED-backlit LCD. No need for hyperbole. via TG Daily → Read More
Springtime doesn’t just bring flowers, short shorts and silly Red Sox pranks. No ma’am, it also brings new information on HDTVs that will be released throughout the year. Someone at BGR got a hold of Sony’s HDTV roadmap for its LCD lineup and it looks like the XBR6, XBR7 and XBR8 will getting a little more than a new coat of paint, the XBR8 especially. Let’s start with that, the XBR8. The big news here is that it uses LED backlighting, which Sony calls TRILUMINOS. No, it’s not the first TV with LED backlighting (Samsung had one last year in one of its DLPs), but it’s still pretty significant. You’ll also find the Bravia Engine 2 and some sort of contrast enhancer. I don’t know about you, but when I read tech specs, I find flashy-sounding names (SUPER DUP3R CONTRAST HELP++) pretty annoying. → Read More
I think some LEDs decided to die on my new MBP. I haven’t restarted as I’m trying to get some work done, but anyone else experience this? → Read More
[photopress:floating_lamp2.jpg,full,center] Every one of y’all needs to petition the designer of the floating lamp, a balloon with an LED base. Fill her up with helium and you’ve got, yes, a floating light. Since the balloons follow all the laws of physics, you can expect them to last only so long before they fall back to the earth. Probably the best thing I’ve seen in a while, real or otherwise. Lighter-Than-Air Lights [Yanko Design] → Read More
Toshiba has two new tablet notebooks up for sale starting today. Both belonging to the Portégé M700 series, they are the "company’s first Tablet PC to incorporate a touch screen LED backlit display." The two newly-available models both feature an Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 processor, 160GB SATA hard drive, 12.1-inch widescreen LED backlit display, integrated dual-layer DVD burner, Bluetooth, built-in webcam, start at about 4.6 pounds, and have a battery life of over 4.5 hours (according to Toshiba). The M700-S7002 costs $1799 and features Windows Vista Business and 2GB of RAM and the M700-S7001X costs $100 less and comes with XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 and only features 1GB of RAM. Both are available today. Toshiba Unveils Company’s First Tablet PC with Touch Screen LED Backlit Display [Press Release] → Read More
There’s a story in today’s Digitimes that claims Apple has placed an order for 13.3-inch LED backligt units, known on the street as BLUs. What could Apple be doing with a bunch BLUs, say, maybe, putting the finishing touches on a Damn Small notebook? (That’s what I’m hoping for. I’ve been without a notebook for seven months now… I missing going into Starbucks and stealing passwords and reading AIM conversations.) MacWorld is only a few weeks away. Please don’t disappoint be, Mr. Jobs. Kenmos and Nano-Op supply LED notebook BLUs to Dell and A [DigiTimes] → Read More
Raise your hand if you knew that streetlamps accounted for 38 percent of all energy used on lighting in the USA. Very good, children! It’s true. And now, the Civil Twilight Design Collective has designed an award-winning light-aware streetlamp that would adjust its intensity based on the brightness of the moon. By using this technology and LEDs instead of the steam-age sodium bulbs we have so many of these days, we could reduce the energy consumption of our nighttime street-lighting solution by as much as 90 percent. It’ll probably be expensive as hell, but I say bring it on. Maybe now I’ll be able to see these “stars” everyone talks about. Lunar Resonant Streetlights [Treehugger, via PSFK] → Read More
From MAKE, this homemade LED jellyfish costume is crazy. Imagine running around in the dark with that thing on. Cool, right? Now imagine it while you’re drunk. Halloween LED Jellyfish Costume [MAKE] → Read More
Want to supply Washington Square Park’s retirees with all the chess they can handle? Once nighttime rolls around, you can break out this LED-laden chess board designed by one Daan Van Tulder. You’ll find no standard pieces here (what’s the horsey one called?), but you probably won’t miss them anyway. So even if the park smells like a pungent combination of cannabis and “dog business,” you’ll be the star of that seedy southwest corner. Chess—one of those things I never got around to figuring out in any real capacity. Play In The Dark [Yanko Design] → Read More
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