Posts Tagged ‘LEDs’

Cambridge artists design solar-powered public art in Austin, Texas

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Cambridge-based public artists Mags Harries and Lajos Héder are the brains behind a solar-powered art installation in Austin, Texas. The flower-like solar panels soak up the sun’s rays by day, and give off colored LED light by night, according to Popular Science.

“Designed by Massachusetts art duo Harries/Heder, the SunFlowers are an art exhibit at heart, and stand over 30 feet tall. They collect power from the sun by day, and use that energy to power their blue LEDs at night. Up to 15 kilowatts of surplus power is sent back to the grid as payment for any maintenance fees the SunFlowers incur.”

The art duo also designed 300 Summer St., an artists building, and the Man from City Hall, a First Night exhibit from 1989 I’m not sure I believe really happened.

Gizmodo: Altitude’s LightLane in production

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Gizmodo notes that LightLane, a product designed for a competition by Somerville product design firm Altitude, is being manufactured.

LightLane is a small LED projector that attaches to a bike under the seat. When switched on, it projects a green, luminous bike lane on either side of the bike, the authority of which Boston drivers will doubtlessly respect.  

Ironically, Altitude is located in the one place in the Paris of the West where you may not need a LightLane — on its bike path.

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