finally some LEDs

happy now steve? (caps -on-)HAPPY NOW STEVE???(caps -off-)

Posted at 2:59 pm on Jul 16th, 2006 by mahder pwned

That’s Awesome!! Anything with fluffy hats and LEDs is a winner!

Slight correction on the LED matrix, though. You can lay out a matrix so it’s 21×10 spatially, but 14×15 electrically. That saves 2 wires :-). If you used charlieplexing, the grid could be 14×10 (24 wires). But, the serial interface is better — especially if you already have a PC board for the display, and you want to minimize the number of wires to the furry flaps.

Posted at 3:01 pm on Jul 16th, 2006 by morcheeba

this is pretty sweet! it is, however, too hot to wear it. it’s been hitting 102F here

Posted at 3:14 pm on Jul 16th, 2006 by Ditto

ohh no u gone and done it now just when things where getting intresting eliot why u doing this to me i dont deserve it just have to waite for next hack leds for kiddies boooooo

Posted at 4:11 pm on Jul 16th, 2006 by steve

Funny steve, last time i checked this site was for everyone not just you…

Posted at 8:15 pm on Jul 16th, 2006 by Alex ~

steve, this is hardly for kiddies…

Posted at 10:49 pm on Jul 16th, 2006 by dext3r

Let me restate my belief that if we collectively believe steve does not exist, he doesn’t.

Anyway, pretty impressive… Must be quite a sight on the summer concert scene. I’m not a fan of the styling… I’d probably try to miniturize everything down a little more and go with a ball cap… but maybe I just miss the uber-coolness of the hat with flaps!

Also, if he is looking for a way to one-up Leah’s designs I say infra-red controlers for the pong game. Let other people use you as a game console! Either that or bio read outs… Let everyone know how fast your heart is beating…

Posted at 2:24 am on Jul 17th, 2006 by bp

Whoa, wear that and you are sure never to get a girlfriend. I like the idea, but I wouldn’t be found dead with that thing on my head

Posted at 7:16 am on Jul 17th, 2006 by Jcg

cool, but… what jcg said.

Posted at 11:51 am on Jul 17th, 2006 by andrew

I agree with ditto, it’s been around 100f here.. way too hot for a hat… but I think this would also make an awesome belt buckle…

Posted at 1:03 pm on Jul 17th, 2006 by KORT

I like the way you think, which is probably why I come to hackaday. Anyone else want to combine kort’s idea with bp’s?
Belt buckle with IR.
I know what I’m doing today.

Posted at 2:16 pm on Jul 17th, 2006 by Spork

Making it a belt buckle would be a sure-fire way to get people to look at your crotch… and then laugh at your geekyness. That’s not even taking into account the situation of you standing there with to people holding controllers pointed at your crotch and staring intently… So many things wrong with that image

Awesome hack though :)

Posted at 3:38 pm on Jul 17th, 2006 by Twistedsymphony

Nice idea, the belt buckle has already been done will, it just displays a six different messages. Could be a possible hack?

http://www.firebelts.co.uk/

I bet Steve buys one! It

Posted at 6:55 am on Jul 18th, 2006 by Discomfort

the scrolling LED belt buckles have been around for awhile and were featured in atleast 2 music videos i have seen

the pong idea on one is a great idea.. especially with a couple matching controllers.. but i would be afraid of ppl mistaking it as just a scrolling one.. cuz those ones are truly lame..

anyways

get on it

Posted at 2:43 pm on Jul 18th, 2006 by g0d

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Posted at 2:02 am on Jul 20th, 2006 by cj2600