Comments on: Pong LED hat

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:02:02 +0000

By: g0d

g0d — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:43:26 +0000

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

By: Discomfort

Discomfort — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 13:55:18 +0000

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

By: Twistedsymphony

Twistedsymphony — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:38:53 +0000

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 :)

By: Spork

Spork — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:16:20 +0000

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.

By: KORT

KORT — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:03:11 +0000

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…

By: andrew

andrew — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:51:01 +0000

cool, but… what jcg said.

By: Jcg

Jcg — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 14:16:07 +0000

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

By: bp

bp — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:24:40 +0000

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…

By: dext3r

dext3r — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 05:49:06 +0000

steve, this is hardly for kiddies…

By: Alex ~

Alex ~ — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 03:15:48 +0000

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

By: steve

steve — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 23:11:11 +0000

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

By: Ditto

Ditto — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 22:14:51 +0000

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

By: morcheeba

morcheeba — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 22:01:26 +0000

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.

By: mahder pwned

mahder pwned — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:59:25 +0000

finally some LEDs

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