[Robotgroup] LED art display

[Def Egge]

At 15:06  2007-06-25, you wrote:
>This looks like the technology that I saw at the display
>manufacturing company here in Austin.  I worked with them on an
>acrylic display product that was going to be edge-lit, but their
>requirements for the final effect in the clear sheet made that
>material unsatisfactory.
>
>They manufacture a whole slew of cool LED lighting stuff meant for
>architectural installations, rather than hobbyists and toy collectors.
>
>They're called 'Versa Tiles' from the company www.elementlabs.com
>right here in river city.  They're individually controlled
>cluster-arrays of LED's inside a modular box that is serially linked
>to any and all other units in the array.  Think MONDO-SIZED pixels
>that can emulate any color of the rainbow, and then constructed into
>a panel or wall in any configuration or final size that you can afford.
>
>Cool technology!
>
>I tried to set up a demo and preview at their site one time a year or
>so ago, but since we meet after eight in the evening, it wouldn't
>have worked very well to have them wait for us to show up.
>
>Gray, look at their VersaTube product, similar to something that
>you've already been working on for a little while.  They also make
>and sell an LED rope product that is custom cut by the foot with
>pre-scored marks every twelve inches.  I was impressed with their stuff!
>
>There may be another company out there that does similar stuff, but
>when I saw the Dell Children's Center news brief, I recognized that
>Butterfly Wall instantly and figured it was Element Labs.
>
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Very cool, indeed!

Those folks with deep pockets have all of the fun....



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All the best....

Mike
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Mike