Articles Posted March 2007

  • Modular Extensible Reconfigurable Dress

    Day-for-Night, an hommage to Paco Rabanne as well as a celebration of the beauty of electronics, is a modular, reconfigurable dress comprised of 444 white circuit boards (although the number changes as the dress can get longer or shorter). Each tile is designed in such a way as to accommodate a solar cell, a RGB [...]

  • Asian Games Ceremony LED Display

    Element Labs, Inc., an industry leader in LED video technology, was contracted by Doha Asian Games Organising Committee (DAGOC) to created the largest custom LED screen ever used for a live event. Especially designed for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 15th Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, the exterior Versa® RAY screen made its [...]

  • Samsung New 30” LCD Display with LED Backlight

    Samsung is introducing a really cool new 30” LCD display at Cebit this week called the SyncMaster XL30. The specs claim that the display has a 3000:1 contrast ratio and a 2ms response time. Naturally HDCP means that the display can also double as a HDTV set. The only thing that disturbs me about the [...]

  • Inovative and Original Fiber Optic Fabric

    Based on inovative LUMNIEX, LumiGram developed the technology  that allows to wave plastic optical fibers alongside synthetic fibers, forming a luminous fabric. This innovation can be used in many fields: fashion and clothing (bags, accessories, clothes), decoration (pillows, tablecloths, curtains, …), furnitures, etc… Unlike standard optical fibers, the fiber optic fabric emits light along the [...]

  • RGB LED Facade at Brand New National Lbrary in Belarus

    In 2006, Minsk received a new architectural symbol – a brand new building to house the National Library of Belarus. The twenty-three storey library is designed in the form of a rhombicuboctahedron (diamond) and symbolizes the enormous value of knowledge that mankind has stored in books. “The authors suggested hiding the light sources behind the [...]

  • Rubik’s LED Revolution

    Rubik’s Revolution contains at least six built-in games that feature light, sound and voice effects with numerous ways to play and multiple levels waiting to be unlocked. Ideal for puzzle lovers from 5 to 105, the new electronic cube offers not only individual play, but also exciting multiplayer gaming. Its six core games include: Light [...]