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Bulbdial: a clock whose “hands” are shadows cast by LEDs

David sez,

“Almost two years ago, I came up with a concept for a ‘Bulbdial’ clock. Instead of physical hands, it has three shadows cast by a series of rotating lights indicating hours, seconds, and minutes.

Nine months ago, Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories developed a working model using three rings of LEDs.

Now Bulbdial Clocks are available as a kit from EMSL. They did the hard work on this, coming up with a cool Mantel Clock implementation in various styles. You can get one at their site here.”

A Bulbdial Clock

(Thanks, David)

VIZIO brings the LED party to 19- and 23-inch models

Unless you’ve been under a rock for a hot minute, then you know that LED backlit LCD HDTVs have been all the rage, though so far no one has brought those benefits to the smaller TVs. Well today VIZIO added a 19-inch and a 23-inch model to its LED lineup. Only the 23-inch is 1080p, but both have very thin profiles and the improved contrast and color you’d expect. The interesting twist is that both models will work as a picture frame, which someone (as in, literally one person in some random corner of the globe) might appreciate. The 19-inch model retails for $349, and the 23-inch will set you back another $50, but there’s no word on when you can expect these to show up on a store shelf near you. More pictures and the full release after the jump.

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VIZIO brings the LED party to 19- and 23-inch models originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Samsung’s 40-inch LCD is world’s thinnest at 3.9-mm, attracts magic pencils

What measures 3.9-mm thin by 40 inches? If you answered the standard Korean product waif you’d be close. This time, however, we’re talking about Samsung’s LED backlit LCD featuring a 120Hz refresh and 5,000:1 reported contrast. Yup, that makes it the world’s thinnest — easily besting cross-town rival LG’s 5.9-mm thick LCDs — even if you can’t buy it as a complete television package… yet.

[Via Akihabara News]

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Samsung’s 40-inch LCD is world’s thinnest at 3.9-mm, attracts magic pencils originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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LED Eyelashes Are the Next Stage in Woman’s Self-Torturing Arms Race [Art]

Designer Soomi Park is a betrayer of her own sex. She could very well start a trend with these LED eyelashes, forcing women everywhere to painfully affix electrodes to their faces, blinding themselves with each eye-smile. (See the video!):

But we’ll admit it—this techno-barbarism is strangely hypnotic. [Soomi Park via fashioningtechnology via Valleywag]

Day 5: dºlight Huggable by Diana Lin – $30 OFF

Don’t miss out on Yanko Design’s “Five Days of Designs” sales event, starting from October 19th and running through October 23rd for the Yanko Design Store launch. Check back each day for a new deal! If you’re new to this concept, the deal works like this: Each day at 12:01am PST, Yanko Design will be revealing a new designer product with deeply discounted deals, available for one day only. The offer ends at 11:59pm PST the same day, so take advantage of the deal while you can.

Day 5 features the D’Light Huggable Pillow by Diana Lin. Diana’s inspiration for this design is sunlight. This award-winning concept creates a light that captures the essence of happiness, joy, playfulness, and life itself, condensed into something tactile and personal.

Designer: Diana Lin [ Buy It Here ]

Day 1: Carga 02 by Mauro Bianucci – $40 OFF

Day 2: Setgo Bags & Wallets by Nathan Leon – 15% Off

Day 3: Sorapot by Joey Roth – $40 OFF

Day 4: Tom, Dick & Harry by Thabto – 10% OFF

Day 5: dºlight Huggable Pillow by Diana Lin – $30 OFF

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