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Massive Installation Utilizes More Than 40,000 LEDs

koibito — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:36:20 +0000

httpv://vimeo.com/2776982
Inspired by Multiverse, a massive installation by American artist Leo Villareal that features approximately 41,000 LED nodes that run through a 200-foot-long tunnel in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C..

As passerbyers move between the East and West buildings on an airport style people mover, the zillions of lights flicker on and off over head creating rhythmic patterns and abstract configurations. The custom designed software also has an element of chance built into it, so it’s unlikely that anyone will see the same routine twice. The project is Villareal’s largest and most ambitious work to date and will be on display through 2009.

Villareal “Multiverse” National Gallery of Art, Washington DC from Walter Patrick Smith, AIA on Vimeo.

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Playing Xbox 360 @ Giant Cowboys Stadium LED wall

koibito — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:12:18 +0000

The 72 x 160-foot LED wall at the center of the new Cowboys Stadium is certainly impressive enough when it’s showing game highlights or concert footage, but no giant screen ever truly earns its credentials until it’s been put to some real use: playing video games. Thankfully, Jonas Brothers video director Steve Fatone somehow pulled himself away from concert preparations to do just that earlier this week, and apparently became the first person to ever play Xbox 360 on the display in the process. As you can see above and in the gallery below, the two certainly seem to be made for each other, although it looks like the controller can get a tad touchy if you stray too far while trying to play it.
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High Frequency :: 3D Display LCD Watch

koibito — Sun, 20 May 2007 14:54:36 +0000

Strutting your stuff with this baby strapped to your wrist is sure to turn heads, maybe even enough to compete with the bright lights of Tokyo.

The display pushes up the top row of lights and they float back down in a real equalizer effect, finally all the lights fall down off the face of the watch to leave only two lights to indicate the time for 5 seconds, then the two lights also trail off.

The watch uses very little power for the amount of lights and is far more efficient than traditional LED watches. Note this is not an LED watch. It is an Advanced LCD using only 1 LED to light the entire watch using new technology. This is why the power consumption is low.

The Mirrored face and numbers are very eye catching. When light reflects off it you are sure to get noticed. The design was done to accommodate all sizes of wrists both big and small.
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Victory Park: The Future of Art and Branding

koibito — Tue, 01 May 2007 06:11:29 +0000

Tronic Studio is a NYC directing, design and animation studio founded in 2001 by Columbia Architecture graduates Jesse Seppi and Vivian Rosenthal. Broadcast design and are at the base of the creative collective occupying Tronic Studio. They’ve delivered unique digital visions for both RES and Creative Review, directed and animated spots for Nike, HBO, MTV and NEC, conceived and executed projects for Diesel, GE and Wired (in store) and in general, have worked to eliminate lines delineating one form of creative media output from another.

Tronic has crafted seven minutes of animated and live-action branded content for the Victory Media Network, the world’s first large-scale, outdoor digital arts gallery, in Dallas, Texas. The content, part of Target’s “Art for All” initiative, plays three times a day, as a countdown to noon, 6:00 pm and midnight, on eight huge LED screens in Victory Park, a new downtown Dallas development linked to the American Airlines Center.

Victory Park, which opened March 23, offers visitors an interactive mix of advertising, education, entertainment and art while providing brand advertisers an opportunity to create immersive environments and captivating experiences for the 17 million visitors annually expected at Victory Park.
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Samsung New 30” LCD Display with LED Backlight

koibito — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:09:41 +0000

Samsung is introducing a really cool new 30â€ 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 display is that it seems to be a 4:3 aspect ratio design rather than a wide 16:9, which would really suck.

Rather than using the common CCFL as the source of the displays backlighting Samsung is using LED backlighting. This tech promises better color reproduction and less power consumption at the same time. No word on pricing as yet, but expect it to be near $2000 when you consider the current 30â€ LCD goes for $1600 without the LED backlighting. Story and image via Gizmodo.
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Flexible OLED Technology

koibito — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 22:26:33 +0000

Universal Display Corporationâ€™s FOLEDÂ® flexible OLEDs are organic light emitting devices that are built on flexible substrates such as plastic or metallic foil. FOLED displays can offer significant performance advantages over LCD displays that are typically built on rigid glass substrates and contain a bulky backlight.
FOLEDs are thinner and lighter weight than other displays.Â This means that cell phones, portable computers, wall-mounted televisions and other products that use them can also be lighter and smaller.
FOLEDs can also be more durable – less breakable and more impact resistant – than other displays.
It is built on optically-clear plastic films and thin, bendable metallic foils are currently under development at Universal Display Corporation.Â Such displays may be made to bend, flex and conform to many surfaces. For example, FOLEDs may someday be found affixed to curved helmet face shields, shirtsleeve cuffs and automotive instrument panels.

The Whoâ€™s 2006/2007 World Tour by Barco Lights

koibito — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:51:27 +0000

Barco announces that Hollywood-based XL Video has selected Barco LED, projection and image processing equipment as the focal point of The Whoâ€™s stage set for their current World Tour.Â Now on its North American leg, the tourâ€™s graphically rich production is being called â€œa cornucopia of visualsâ€ by music critics and attendees alike.

Barco gear includes dual ELM R18 projectors for the center I-mag screen above the proscenium arch, two SLM R12 projectors for the side screens, and five individual 9â€™ x 12â€™ DLITE7 LED screens on stage powered by a custom G&G Motion Control System. Backstage, Barcoâ€™s ENCORE Presentation System drives the LED screens.
In terms of configuration, the five Barco DLITE screens provide the showâ€™s creative palette, enabling a completely different physical and graphical â€œlookâ€ for each song.Â All screens have the freedom to move both horizontally and vertically.Â They can be combined into a single seamless 45â€™ cinemascope screen, or five individual panels at various angles, or a configuration that combines a three-panel widescreen flanked by two single panels.
from Barco Press release

Victory Park: The Future of Art and Branding

Seven Screens – Artifical City Light

koibito — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:27:33 +0000

Artificial light changes how we see cities, both in functional and, increasingly, in aesthetic terms. Its fascination for artists, designers and architects derives from the fundamental role played by light in human perception. Light can create spaces that exist independently of architectural constructions. Without light, images could not be generated, perceived or reproduced, in films, videos or anywhere else. The latest LED technology even permits images to be made from light. This approach has been adopted now in Munich by realizing the new OSRAM light platform SEVEN SCREENS which combines arts with cutting-edge technologies presented in the public space. In future, and up to twice a year, artists will be invited by OSRAM to develop works referring to the specific context.

Reprojected by Media artists Mader and Stublic, and architect Wiermann, based in Berlin / Karlsruhe, engages in a site-specific and medium-specific way with visual perception. The artists have created a virtual space around the seven light steles. Light apparently coming from elsewhere seems to strike the steles like a spotlight. For the viewer, real space and virtual space appear to co-exist, the two realms intersecting at the masts. Computer-generated figures appear in front of the light and are reproduced as silhouettes on the masts, before disappearing into the surrounding darkness.
project page
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An Elegant and Simple FOMAÂ® P702iD Handsets

koibito — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:49:20 +0000

Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd. (President: Yoshiaki Kushiki) announced that it has begun shipments of its FOMA P702iD mobile phones to NTT DoCoMo, Inc. Developed in collaboration with Mr. Taku Satoh, a graphic designer, NTT DoCoMo and Panasonic Mobile Communications, the FOMA P702iD enables the user to enjoy 4 variations (Square White, Square Black, Round Silver and Round Coral) in two forms and four colors. The P702iD focused on leveraging its simplicity, enriched functions, fun and user-friendly features.
Using the designed-in new â€œHikari (Light) DropsÂ®â€ feature in which the LED light in the 128 gradation sequence faintly flickers on the surface of handset, the user can enjoy smooth illumination changes in conjunction with sounds such as incoming calls or mails, the pre-installed melodies and music. The brightness and color of the LED can be adjusted. You can choose from a large selection of illumination patterns. Feelï¼ŠTalkTM function can notify you how you felt in your previous telephone conversation.

The P702iD is compatible with DoCoMoâ€™s Chaku-Uta FullÂ® service enabling the user to download full music tracks from i-mode sites easily. Up to 2GB of music content can be stored in the miniSD Card (sold separately), allowing the user to create their own music library. While the P702iD provides enriched functions such as Push TalkTM Wakie-talkie communications, ChakumojiÂ® and Data Security ServiceTM, the light weight of approx. 109 grams is realized.
from Panasonic press release
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Rockefeller’s Intelligent LED Lighting

koibito — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:34:18 +0000

On the top-floor observation deck of the Rockefeller Center in New York, a unique, interactive space has been created with the use of intelligent LED lighting supplied by Color Kinetics. Cameras track individual visitors as they move within the space, and signal the LED fixtures to create a series of individual colors and patterns.

Conceptualized by Electroland of Los Angeles, the Target Interactive Breezeway has intelligently controlled LED light fixtures on all its surfaces. Each pixel in the “intelligent skin” is composed of four iColor Cove MX units, tightly grouped. These groupings are located in all available wall and ceiling surfaces, behind translucent glass and backlit by white LED strips. Approximately 1,300 units are employed in total.

Data from four stereo video cameras is combined to locate and individually track up to 30 separate visitors as they enter and walk around the space. Upon entry each visitor is automatically assigned a â€œpersonalityâ€ by the 3-D tracking system and is in turn followed by individualized light colors and patterns.

View the installation in action at http://electroland.net/qt_target_rock_vs02.html
read more at ledsmagazine
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Quietrevolution – Display Wind Turbines

koibito — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 14:43:33 +0000

Quiet Revolution Ltd develops and supplies elegant renewable energy solutions, especially small wind products optimised for use at the point of energy demand. Their goal is to promote and enable wind energy as a key technology to renewable and distributed energy generation and microgeneration.

That is very interesting, QR is also available in a unique model capable of creating a striking visual display that is part artwork, part renewable energy device, part communications medium.

Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) embedded in each of its three S-shaped blades fire in sequence as the blades rotate, painting a video screen that appears to hang in the air. This full colour and motion image is clearly visible day and night. Their display can be used either as a temporary installation at a high profile event or as a permanent feature. Early customers for quietrevolution display are mostly city councils across the UK attracted to this unique means of communicating with the local community on climate change and its solutions.

koibito — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:58:04 +0000

This is a work that Manuel Braun developped for his DiplÃ´me Nationale SupÃ©rieure dâ€™Arts Plastiques in June, and which has just been exhibited in Toulouse at the Centre rÃ©gional dâ€™initiatives pour lâ€™art contemporain. It is a 5 x 5 pixel array made out of computer fans. Each fan represents one pixel which together make a very singular display.

DÃ©placements consists of 24 computer case fans forming a rectangle. Each fan is a â€œpixelâ€, its number of revolutions and the intensity of the light of its LED change according to the level of gray corresponding to the pixel of reference.

This screen of fans is controlled by a computer simulating a cellular automaton entitled The game of life (devised by John Horton Conway in 1970). In this mathematical model, each fan is a cell.

Video. A work developed at the Aix-en-Provence School of Art.
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Next Generation Displays from Lightengine

koibito — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 01:59:47 +0000

During the last ten years Lightengine has developed a display management architecture, drawing from its experience with major projects, which now offers truly advanced integration of lighting, moving imagery and real time control. Using high performance, open systems-based computing and networks, and drawing upon reliability and data security techniques from the aerospace industry, Lightengine products allow ambitious and very large installations to be undertaken which would not previously have been possible.

Key to this capability is Lightengine’s Pixelbusï¿½ architecture ï¿½ a structured approach to building and operating heterogeneous display systems for both temporary events or permanent installations ï¿½ quickly and reliably. Pixelbusï¿½ uses industry-standard gigabit ethernet and RS-485 to connect a completely scalable network of low-cost computers – Lightengine Image Generators – with displays, enabling multi-vendor break installations to be configured quickly and easily.

Whether LED panel, DMX lighting or Lightengine’s own revolutionary Patch displays, Pixelbusï¿½ reduces complex cabling, matches brightness and colour and offers the highest possible performance without any restrictions of scale or addressing. The result is that even complex installations with real time control can be built from Lightengine components without costly engineering development – integrated solutions using existing multi-vendor displays.
via: Mediaarchitecture

Rotating LED fan display technology

koibito — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 01:14:25 +0000

Taiwan-based Polo Tech, which claims a patent on rotating LED fan display technology, has plans for a USB-programmable model, although the release date is undecided, company representative Alice Wang said at Computex in Taipei. Users will be able to use an internal USB connection and software to change the fan display in real time to show their name, or any other text or simple graphics.

The fans generate the display with a rotating stick of circuit board with a vertical line of LEDs on it. This is mounted on the fan’s axis, and spins as the fan spins. Polo Tech’s driver IC can also handle simple animation, and even colour changes, given suitable LEDs. The IC also handles the precise timing calculations required to keep the display steady.
via: The inquirer, Dunya Senindir

The World Largest 3D LED Display

koibito — Sat, 13 May 2006 06:04:43 +0000

The â€œElectrotechnische Vereenigingâ€, the association for students of electrical engineering from the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), will reveal the worldâ€™s largest 3D-display Sunday 23rd of April. The display measures 8 metres in width, 4 metres in height and 2 metres in depth and consists of a matrix of 8.000 LEDs with table tennis balls around them. This stunt is being organised because of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the â€œElectrotechnische Vereenigingâ€ (ETV). The display will be revealed on Sunday at 9.00 pm local time on the ‘Markt’ in Delft.

It will be possible to send text messages to the MatriXX during the times it is operating. Send your sms/text to +31 (0) 6 24 171 797 . It will be displayed during the next sms display time slot. Threats, rude language etc will be filtered.
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