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Glowing Extending Buckles Eliminate Seat Belt Hide-And-Seek

5:15AM Yesterday | Andrew Liszewski

It’s certainly a safety improvement, but Mercedes’ new active seat belt buckle should also eliminate the utterly annoying game of trying to find the connectors that have inevitably gotten stuck in-between the back seat cushions of a car. More »


Gadgets

Wi-Fi Controlled LED Tubes Make For Easy Office Upgrades

1:30PM February 2, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

By creating these lights with the exact same form factor as a fluorescent bulb, NetLED has made it incredibly easy to upgrade the lighting in a store or office to its LED tubes, which can also be remotely controlled over Wi-Fi. More »


Gadgets

This 15,000-Lumen LED Light Cannon Will Turn Night To Day

7:30PM January 31, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

You can forget about hanging it from your belt, because this miniature sun — masquerading as a torch — is heavy enough to need two hands to operate. And with 15,000 lumens, the XM18 is bright enough to illuminate a small planet. More »


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Who Needs Pixels When You Have 6 Million LEDs To Light Your Display?

1:10PM January 10, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

LED televisions until now have generally just used an LED power source to light the LCD display. This differs from the Jumbo-trons you see at sports arenas, where each pixel is an individual LED. Now, Sony’s bringing the big-screen technology to your living room with its Crystal LED Display. More »


Geek Out

I Am Not Brave Enough To Stick This LED Contact Lens In My Eye

2:20AM December 23, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

While YouTuber bkraz333 claims this contact lens with an embedded LED he made was an attempt to add a rudimentary VR display to his eye, I think I know the real inspiration behind it — Terminator cosplay. More »


Gadgets

Would You Shove This LED Draft Detector Up Your Nose?

6:40PM December 20, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Good lord. First it was glow-stick mouthguards. Then it was temporary tooth tattoos. Now, well now it’s a tiny LED that sits in your nostril and illuminates every time you breath. More »


Gadgets

This $US860 LED Desk Lamp Will Run For Almost Forty Years

6:40AM December 14, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

Like father like son. If you thought James Dyson’s vacuums were expensive, his son wants you to pony up almost $US860 for an LED desk lamp that promises over 37 years of illumination thanks to space-age heatsink technology. More »


Geek Out

How Christmas Tree Lights Evolved From Major To Mild Fire Hazard

12:00PM December 9, 2011 | Rachel Swaby

Before our Christmas tree lighting needs were taken care of with $US25 and a trip to Target, creating the atmosphere meant placing candles — wax towers topped with fire — onto seasonal kindling. Think it’s frightening now when your dog tugs a branch? Just imagine your living room bursting into flames for the sake of Christmas cheer. More »


Gadgets

Portal Inspired LED Torches Are Better Than Cake

1:20AM November 23, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

Had I been subjected to the same nightmarish labyrinth featured in the Portal games, I would have preferred a more substantial reward than cake at the end anyway. Like these adorable light and sound keychains. More »


Gadgets

Glowing Slap Bracelets Now Focus On Safety Over Fashion

3:00AM November 3, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

What originally made slap bracelets a novelty in the early ’90s, now makes them an easy to use safety accessory with the addition of a few glowing LEDs and some reflective fabrics. More »