[Robotgroup] LED art display

[Leslie Filip]

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Ed, Ed, Ed! Am I detecting a sniff of privileged- or proprietary-  
type information in there? I thought that was a no-no? Well, OK then.  
I'll just get back to work and shut up : )

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Mr. Poo-Poo


On Jun 25, 2007, at 3:06 PM, Ed Xavier Gonzalez 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.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> At 11:04 AM 6/25/07, you wrote:
>> The new childrens hospital has a LED art wall called
>> the "Butterfly wall". It looks like a wall made out of
>> 4 to 5 inch glass squares with diffused LED back
>> lighting. Among other light patterns, it can emulate a
>> pixely plane of grass with butterfly light pixels that
>> appear to flitter around. They mentioned something
>> about it being interactive.
>>
>> To see a brief video go to news8 and view the video,
>> about halfway through the second 2 minute clip they
>> show the butterfly wall.
>> http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp? 
>> ArID=186813
>>
>> Open House - The public is invited to celebrate the
>> Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas on
>> Tuesday, June 26
>>
>>
>>
>>
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