Monday, May 20, 2013 - 4:07pm
Héctor Serrano designed this quirky dome for the 2013 Coachella music festival.
LEDs stories
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 1:13pm
Who would've thought to customize wakeboards with LEDs?
Monday, April 8, 2013 - 4:48pm
Renault's new concept car uses organic lines and LED lighting to create a cooler vision of what an mini-electric vehicle can look like.
Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 10:41am
See hundreds of runners streaking around Manchester in special light suits.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 - 5:55pm
Action figures are cool, but you know what's cooler? Mini robots made from old gadget bits that have articulated parts and glowing eyes.
Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 2:32am
For a project called Flatsun, artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmerused 60,000 LEDs to simulate the sun.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 5:11pm
It's tough to sleep in space. You're stuck in a noisy machine all the time, the sun comes up every 90 minutes, and everything is lit with a garish sci-fi fluorescence. About half of all astronauts have to resort to drugging themselves at some point to fall asleep, and NASA wants to make things easier with the help of color-changing LED lights.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 - 2:04pm
When we choose to go to the Moon (or do other things out in space), the one of the major limiting factors to how long we can stay will be consumables. Simply put, can we ship enough food and water from home to keep astronauts fat n' happy? For a little while, sure, but semi-permanent outposts on the Moon will need their own farms, and that means LEDs. And nukes.
Monday, July 23, 2012 - 7:33am
I'm a huge fan of the life-like Lego creations that people dream up. We've giant skylines, portal guns, sci-fi scenes and a gazillion other models we all drool over. Some of them have lights to add greatness to the overall effect of the model, but there's always the same problem: how do you power those little lights?
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 11:09am
The new LED Lenser X21 flashlight is a special kind of functional. It's the kind of item you'll keep near your bed in case the lights go out or if you want to stun an intruder senseless. I just love a dual-purpose device.
