Monkey Light 8-Bit Bike Wheel Light

If you have always been the kind of attention seeking person, then the $49.99 Monkey Light 8-Bit Bike Wheel Light might be just the thing for you to tweak your two-wheeled ride. After all, you might not be able to pull off stunts like Johnny Blaze and have the Spirit of Vengeance to come upon you, but at least it will look far better than a regular bike, as the Monkey Light 8-Bit Bike Wheel Light adds patterns to your set of wheels. There will be 20 different kinds of patterns with a bunch of different color combinations that will definitely set the tone, pardon the pun, for your journey.

See the article here:
Monkey Light 8-Bit Bike Wheel Light

Twitter

The Camera Bag: A Brand New LED Ring Light for Just $30

Who says photography gear has to be expensive? Photographer Derrick Story found this NEEWER 48 LED Ring Light on Amazon for around $30 and he loves the results he’s getting with it for macro photography

Taken from:
The Camera Bag: A Brand New LED Ring Light for Just $30

Twitter

Report: Amazon planning front-lit Kindle e-reader for July, new tablet later this year

Certainly it’s no great shocker that Amazon’s got plans for a new e-reader and tablet later this year. Nor should anyone be particularly surprised at the prospect of a front-lit reader from the retail giant set to compete directly with the latest Nook offering . Reuters, however, claims to have some insight into both, courtesy of an anonymous source

Link:
Report: Amazon planning front-lit Kindle e-reader for July, new tablet later this year

Twitter

Panasonic sends 100,000 LEDs down Tokyo river, mates tech with tradition

If you’d been by the shore of the Sumida River in central Tokyo this past weekend, you would have noticed that it was glowing a distinct shade of blue. That’s because Panasonic decided to kick off the first-ever Tokyo Hotaru (fireflies) festival by sending 100,000 EVERLED light bulbs down the river, both to mimic fireflies as well as to pay homage to a Japanese tradition of floating candles on the water. Before you cringe too much at the thought of the environmental impact, rest assured that Panasonic minimized the footprint of its aquatic LED parade

More here:
Panasonic sends 100,000 LEDs down Tokyo river, mates tech with tradition

Twitter

Mast Light

A couple weeks ago was the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. I watched so many Titanic marathons on History, National Geographic, and CBC News World.

Taken from:
Mast Light

Twitter

Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight hands-on

What’s American’s number one problem in the bedroom? Honestly, whatever you first guessed is probably the right answer. For the sake of this conversation, however, let’s just assume that it’s light, as Barnes & Noble suggests

Visit site:
Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight hands-on

Twitter

Insert Coin: Tabber lights up your fretboard, shows you the way to rock

The idea of a lighted fretboard isn’t a new one by any stretch (how do you think the Fretlight got its compound name?), but there’s something to be said for not having to buy a brand new guitar for that functionality. The folks behind Tabber are working to make that a reality, having tested a number of prototypes for a product that you can simply slip over the neck of your axe for a quick tutorial

Read More:
Insert Coin: Tabber lights up your fretboard, shows you the way to rock

Twitter

MIT’s laser-powered camera can detect objects hidden around corners (video)

One of the most thrilling things about human existence is that you never know what’s lurking around the corner. It could be a newborn baby, a sweet job, a delicious churro — doesn’t really matter, because it’s a surprise, and surprises are fun and surprising.

View article:
MIT’s laser-powered camera can detect objects hidden around corners (video)

Twitter

IBM’s Holey Optochip transmits 1Tbps of data, is named awesomely

Be honest: was there any doubt whatsoever that something called a “Holey Optochip” would be anything short of mind-blowing? No.

Continued here:
IBM’s Holey Optochip transmits 1Tbps of data, is named awesomely

Twitter

Slime molds could hold key to new kinds of intelligence, help Statue of Liberty walk

See that yellow amoeboid slime mold ? It’s up to something

Excerpt from:
Slime molds could hold key to new kinds of intelligence, help Statue of Liberty walk

Twitter