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DIY Scrolling LED Business Cards Miss Point of Business Cards, Still Cool
Posted by Kit Eaton at 11:45 PM on September 3, 2008
Over at Instructables is this DIY project that will let you make your own slender electronic business cards with built-in LED display. They're pretty cool, displaying a number of different scrolling data messages at the push of a button, and apparently cost just about US$5 per card. The "slender" description means you'll have to be good at soldering surface-mount components, though. To me it's a cool project that will impress people, but kinda misses the point of business cards: easily disseminating your contact info. An LCD QR-code business card— now that's something I'd fancy. Head over to Instructables if you've got the LED maker-urge. [Instructables]
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Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
Posted 12:14 AM 4/9/08
@1.21Gigawatts:
Geev what back? :P /Cuban dictator
@Curves: I can't imagine that many people taking these cards seriously anyway. I mean, what if the person or the firm has a ridiculously long name? Who the heck has the patience to wait for Aldermann Krausse Jehozaphat & Weinbalmdemoishenkoff to scroll by? Besides, a lot of guys spent a good $30 on business card holders that won't be compatible, and when the battery runs out, they'll forget where the heck they got that piece of plastic from! lol
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
JoOngle
Posted 12:00 AM 4/9/08
Exactly Curves!
Now if this was an E-PAPER, the story would
be a different one.
JoOngle
Curves
Posted 11:59 PM 3/9/08
The problem with this, (one of them) is that the full information isnt viewable at any given time on the screen and scrolls faster than most people can record it. To get the full web site address I would have to watch it 5 times.
Curves
JoOngle
Posted 11:54 PM 3/9/08
If you live in a country like Denmark (I suspect - everywhere)then you will NOT be seen as cool if you wear one of those.
As a matter of fact, you´ll be seen like a dweeb with no life if you get caught wearing a device like that.
I remember the people who wore those as namebadges, oh boy....I didn´t recall a single person daring to walk over to talk with them at the big conventions at all, then again...those who wore those really did look like society loners....sad...sad.sad!
Just to make you feel comfortable, I can tell you I bought one of those too, just for the inner-geek in me, but you won´t get me to wear it ;) It simply says "looser" all over.
JoOngle
krztov
Posted 11:53 PM 3/9/08
i see what you did there.. using QR to link to all your posts.. man i love having quickmark on my pda :)
krztov
1.21Gigawatts
Posted 11:52 PM 3/9/08
I'd love to see a salesman with these cards.
"Here's my card. Ok, now give it back, these cards cost five bucks a pop!"
1.21Gigawatts
AHemp
Posted 12:21 AM 4/9/08
@JoOngle: You don't wear business cards.
AHemp
JoOngle
Posted 12:44 AM 4/9/08
@Ahemp - read between the lines...
...Oh wait!
JoOngle
CarmenLovesHerNewCanonDSLR
Posted 1:15 AM 4/9/08
@Git Em SteveDave is starlost: What if someone had epilepsy? Could reading this business card give someone a seizure?
"Hey Bob what's wrong with Mark?"
"I think my business card sent him into a seizure"
"ooh..."
CarmenLovesHerNewCanonDSLR
Git Em SteveDave is starlost
Posted 1:08 AM 4/9/08
@Kaiser-Machead on the Edge: What about when Apu's kids start that law firm? How long would Nahasapeemapetilon, Nahasapeemapetilon, Nahasapeemapetilon, Nahasapeemapetilon, Nahasapeemapetilon, Nahasapeemapetilon, Nahasapeemapetilon, Nahasapeemapetilon, & Associates take to copy down.
Git Em SteveDave is starlost
Git Em SteveDave is starlost
Posted 1:06 AM 4/9/08
@Kaiser-Machead on the Edge:
Ho ho, see with your eyes, not with your hands!
Homer: I think we can trust the president of Cuba.
Git Em SteveDave is starlost
JoOngle
Posted 1:38 AM 4/9/08
Hm...seizure cards! Brilliant idea, did you pantent that? *runs*
JoOngle
Git Em SteveDave is starlost
Posted 3:33 AM 4/9/08
@CarmenLovesHerNewCanonDSLR: I think Al Roker will be first in line for those.
Git Em SteveDave is starlost
pegasus_
Posted 5:51 AM 4/9/08
I just think its such a waste of time for people to try and re-invent what's already working properly!
I mean, it's great to see tech developments, and sometimes experimenting it with these creations are necessary.
But c'mon... who in the world would use this thing?? Get a BT phone, even a printed barcode version, for data capture...
pegasus_
ajmernone
Posted 7:02 AM 4/9/08
for anyone wondering the QR code said
[gizmodo.com]
scanned it with my iphone
ajmernone