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Floating Fireball in Hand Props: Cosplaying with Fire

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Created by the cosplay and propmaker at GiveWave Studios, the Floating Fireball Prop 2.0 is an illuminated fireball that appears to float above the palm of a person’s hand, as if by magic. Which is exactly the point. No word what Floating Fireball Prop 1.0 was, but in my mind, it was an actual burning wad of crumpled paper.

Held to the hand with a transparent plastic band, the fireball is illuminated by a string of wire LED ‘fairy lights’ inside, and is available in a variety of colors ($68 to $86) to suit your current fireball needs. Me? I want a large blue one but with the head of the fireball facing away from the palm like I’m performing a Street Fighter Hadouken. This year’s Halloween costume contest will be mine.

Get one for each hand and pretend you’re dual-wielding magical fireballs. Just a friendly word of advice: make sure to extinguish your flames (read: take them off) before attempting to go to the bathroom. The horrifying stories Merlin used to tell!

LED door handle can light up to help people evacuate in an emergency, and can self-sanitize too

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Razeto and Casareto have been designing and manufacturing locks and door accessories since 1920. To mark 100 years in the industry, the company set out to usher in a revolution in the world of door handles and developed the Ossh, a door handle that does more than just open doors – it communicates with you too. Relying on a patented cable-free power system, the Ossh door handles have LEDs inside them that illuminate to act as ‘signage’ of sorts. Just simply by looking at a handle, you can tell if the door is locked or open, and the LED’s different colors can even transform into a wayfinding system, allowing you to color-code doors to let people know what’s on the other side or even help them during emergencies. Moreover, the handles are also capable of self-sanitizing, using a combination of purple LEDs and Esi – a permanent antimicrobial anodic protection coating.

Ossh is a multifunctional door handle system featuring a variety of safety and management applications. Lighting up in critical conditions Ossh can even help direct people to safe escape routes. Ossh is available in kits: Stand Alone, for privacy; Wired, for fire doors; and Wi-fi for domestic and commercial setups. Ossh even features Esi – an antivirus, antibacterial, and antifungal technology that uses silver ions for sanitation. Tested and certified to kill coronavirus, the combination of Esi and the ultraviolet LEDs help sanitize the environment and the hand while opening the door.

The Ossh multifunctional door handle is a Silver Winner of the A’ Design Award for the year 2021.

Designer: F.lli Razeto & Casareto SpA

Team Builds 1.4 Million Lumen “World’s Brightest” Flashlight

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How bright is your flashlight? I only have the one on my phone because I’m completely unprepared for any sort of emergency situation. Well, presumably with the belief that it should be daylight all the time, the team over at Hacksmith Industries took it upon themselves to build a giant, 1,414,224 lumen flashlight. I can already imagine myself staring at it until I go blind.

The flashlight is illuminated via an array of fifty circuit boards, each with six individual LEDs, for a total of 300 lights, all magnified by a giant Fresnel lens. And, after barely surviving 2020, I think it makes the perfect flashlight for searching for all the damns I have left to give.

Holy smokes, that thing is bright. Clearly, the only thing left to do is tape a bat-signal to the lens and see if I can’t trick Batman and Robin into showing up at my next birthday party. I hope they like Funfetti cake.

Algorithms transform Chicago scenes into trippy lobby art

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Office lobbies are prime spots for corporations to make statements about their values and taste, yet "lobby art" is usually a shorthand way of saying "insipid crap." However, an art installation studio called ESI Designs has given a Chicago office bu...

Exercise Fabulously

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There’s a new jump rope that will make you look fabulous while you exercise.

This LED embedded smart jump rope will make it fun to… well… jump. Because this LED jump rope is so pretty and shiny and it’s smart, it will also increase your productivity by recording the progress of your jumping number, time you’ve jumped and calorie loss. It’ll also display these metrics in front of you as you use it, through a “persistance of vision” effect. You can also set up your future jumping goals with your smartphone.

The LED embedded smart jump rope is around $89.99 to $258 based on the size you order from, meaning that for once short people have an advantage.

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Fret Zeppelin System Teaches You How To Play A Real Guitar

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Learning how to play any instrument is hard, but luckily we are now starting to see products like the Fret Zeppelin, which should go a long way to make things a bit easier, at least for guitars. It’s a set of thin LED strips that fit right next to each fret on a guitar’s neck, and light up the spots where your fingers need to be, guiding you through the song. The app detects when you’ve played the note, and moves on to the next position as you play. Each strip is about half the height of a fret, so it won’t interfere with your playing ability. And once you’ve mastered a song, you can enable a multicoloured light show, giving you a bunch of “extra flair” as you play. It’s a fantastic idea and if done properly, will totally be worth the $199 pledge necessary to secure your October 2017 shipping date.

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IllumiBowl 2.0, Now With 100% More Color

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If you’re the kind of person that regularly wakes up in the middle of the night to relieve yourself, you’ll probably love a product like the Illumibowl. We first wrote about it back in 2014, but now the company is back with a 2.0 version. It’s a clip-on LED light with a motion detector that’ll turn on as soon as you enter the bathroom. It’ll cast a soft glow around the bowl and guide you through your business without blinding you or your sleeping partner. The 2.0 version lets you select any of 8 colors for the LEDs, or set it to a mode that cycles through them, as well as an improved battery and motion sensor.

Let there be light in the bathroom. Now you can add any color of LED light to your toilet bowl and see it glow. That means no more stumbling around when you have to go at night. Simply snap it onto the rim and let it shine: it will automatically turn on when someone walks into the bathroom. There are eight color possibilities and patterned illuminations, making quite the show.

– Turns on & off automatically via motion sensors
– Sets to the color of your choice or a color-rotate light mode
– Easy to clean by wiping with a cloth
– Snaps on in the perfect, splash-proof location
– Fits any toilet
– Battery powered & now w/ even better battery life
– Perfect for potty training children
– Includes a 3-stage dimmer
– Features an improved motion sensor

The best part is you’ll only have to pay $15 to own it.

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TRiLIGHT Motion Activated Light Uses LEDs For Maximum Efficiency

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The price of LEDs has dropped significantly over the years, and we’re starting to see some really useful products at an affordable price. The TRiLIGHT Motion Activated Garage Light screws into a standard socket but puts out 3,000 lumens, which is about 4 times more than a standard 60W bulb, and yet only needs 25W to accomplish this. Your garage will be flooded with light, with you can direct pretty much anywhere you want through the three adjustable panels. The motion sensing feature doesn’t use one of those old school sensors that require you to jump up and down and wave your hands around, it uses “Microwave Motion Sensing Technology” to detect even the smallest movements and light up as soon as you need it. One TRiLIGHT will set you back $99 right now, down from its expected $129 retail price.

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Deal Of The Day: 61% Off On Runway Solar LED Lights Set

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Ever come home at night and it’s so dark out that you wish you had little lights lining your driveway, you know, just so you don’t drive up the flowerbed instead? Yeah, it happens to the best of us. The Runway Solar LED Lights Set can make that happen more easily than you think, since they require no wiring.

This set of three solar lights can make all the difference in your garden, backyard or outdoor patio. Easily install them into a planter or the grass thanks to the spike located on the bottom of each light, and they’ll naturally soak up the sun throughout the day. Plus, they’re completely waterproof and shockproof, so they’re ready to withstand rain and sprinklers. These solar lights are the perfect way to light up your space without the nuisance of power cords.

– Easily install into the ground w/ spikes
– Use w/ indoor pots & outdoor plants
– Light your walkway by lining the edges of your walkway
– Keep them out all day to recharge via the built-in solar panel
– Rest easy that they won’t break with the sprinklers on (waterproof & shock proof)

Normally $89.95 for a set of 3, it’s now only $34.98, shipped for free as always.

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