Engadget says, it’s no WiFi Lamp, Ambient Orb, or Wi-Fi Bunny, but Japanese lightmaker ELPA‘s new AIL-B120 and AIL-B130 orbs change color depending on the ambient sounds around them. A real-world widget. Handy for next year’s Burning Man.
TRIKLITS are a string of 24 color changing lights that allow adjustment of the speed, color, or brightness of individual lights. The mode is controlled from a small box attached to the end of the string. Multiple light strings can be connected together for synchronization of effects.
A USB interface that can control 4 strings via a PC. An ethernet interface can control up to 64 strings and a standalone controller that can control 32 strings from an SD memory card that holds the effects data.
In other, unrelated news, Australian scientists have created a T-shirt that allows air guitarists to play real music – without resorting to a real guitar. The T-shirt has motion sensors built into its elbows. One arm is interpreted as picking chords while the other strums.
