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New CatWalk stepping stones allow for a front yard light show

By Staff Editor on Tuesday, Dec 16th 2008 1 Comment

catwalk7 More often than not you will find drab walkways leading to your doorstep or slippery stepping-stones that tend to crack. The CatWalk walkway is a modular steel walkway that was created with modernism, elegance, versatility, safety, and durability in mind.

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Tokyoflash Waku watch: almost subtle

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Dec 16th 2008 No Comments

We’re used to Tokyoflash watches being huge slabs of blinking stainless steel, and attempting to transplant a little of the Japanese skyline onto our wrist. That’s why this new Waku watch from the company is such a surprise – almost subtle, even – with its minimal metal and neat punctured-leather finish.

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JVC turns on first HD display in NY Times Square

By Brenda Stokes on Friday, Dec 5th 2008 No Comments

JVC is ahead of the curve, it seems. They have just turned on the very first 720p HD display in Times Square in New York today. The gigantic billboard is actually comprised of three LED displays. One is a standard display and the two others are tickers, one of which circles around a globe.

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Segway inventor creates ‘Net Zero Energy’ LED island

By Chris Davies on Friday, Dec 5th 2008 2 Comments

Segway inventor Dean Kamen is turning his three-acre island home, the regrettably-named North Dumpling, into the first “net zero energy” island. With no mainland electricity connection, the entire island uses solar power; Kamen has brought in Philips Color Kinetics to replace all lighting with LEDs. Kamen has also fitted energy efficient appliances and water purification systems, some of which he invented himself.

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World Largest 3D LED display is 180-inch

By Daniel Lim on Wednesday, Dec 3rd 2008 1 Comment

What could possibly make the news better than a World largest display with 3D technology? A US based but China manufactured LED display can interpret 3D video content at the size of 180-inch. The commercially behemoth can be further expanded in a trio arrangement to gather up to 360-inch of big wall display. If you have a dream of having a best-in-town Superbowl party, this is your Lombardi screen estate.

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BluTiger LED graphic equalizer surround-sound speakers

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Dec 3rd 2008 No Comments

There’s a school of thought that believes speakers should be heard and not seen; to that, BluTiger says “rubbish!” They’ve taken a set of surround-sound computer speakers and strapped a couple of bright blue graphic equalizers to the front stereo pair. Prepare to be dazzled (your eyesight if not your ears) by 200 LEDs.

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Tokyoflash Ni watch: so complex it has to explain itself?

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Dec 2nd 2008 No Comments

Tokyoflash have announced another watch, and it seems the readout on the Ni is so confusing that they’ve actually had to annotate the LEDs. Rows of lights are embedded into the horizontally-grooved stainless steel case, and at the touch of a button the LEDs illuminate in turn from top to bottom to let you add up exactly what time it is.

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Tokyoflash Fire watch: more LED confusion

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Nov 11th 2008 No Comments

Esoteric watch manufacturer Tokyoflash have announced their latest bizarre timepiece, Fire. Looking a little like a wrist-mounted nutmeg grater, Fire continues Tokyoflash’s tradition of demanding wearers decipher combinations of LEDs in order to figure out if it’s lunchtime.

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Prototype Edge Type LED backlight can reduce LCD size and thickness

By Daniel Lim on Tuesday, Nov 4th 2008 No Comments

Most of the leading edge display technologies are pretty much synonymous with the Korean or Japanese electronics manufacturers. Not this time. Global Lighting Technologies, a Taiwanese company has came out with an edge type LED backlight unit with light sources located on the sides, which can help reduce the thickness of LCD panel significantly.

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Roboppi RC Helicopter with LED lightshow

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Oct 29th 2008 No Comments

Just because we loved WowWee’s Bladestar, doesn’t mean we haven’t room in our hearts for another RC helicopter. Today it’s the turn of the Roboppi ROBO-P, a tiny rechargeable whirlygig with contra-rotating blades and an LED-illuminated body.

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