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LED Throwies

instructables.com — LED Throwies are an inexpensive way to add color to any ferromagnetic surface in your neighborhood. An LED, a battery, some tape, a magnet and lots of fun!~

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GatorDavid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2These are awesome! I'm going to start with the #%#% construction machines on the corner of Santa Monica and Beverly Glen ...
wtfunkymonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0best thing all day.
BitSlash, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1w00t insta-christmas lights
Corgana, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is really cool, I'm gonna make a billion.
beelz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0coolest thing iv seen in a wile. digg.
Odiumjunkie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2vandalism is fun
penguindude15, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1digg affect
rijet0711, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1digg effect.. any mirrors?
ani-pockdotnet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6

Video of them in action!!

http://www.graffitiresearchlab.com/
dbxz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0down...
JasonHilton, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Video is awesome. Too bad the main site is down. Love the same music/theme from the Sony Commercial.
ukwoodie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Its on fire...
jeremymerrill, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Digg Effect Mirror Please! = DEMP!!!

Everybody use the new abbreviation!
dielawn, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0DEMP, but that video is awesome!
beelz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0"D.E.M. Please" i like that nice one
gotamd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Very, very cool!
rhettnyedotorg, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1it's not the digg effect! it's still the slashdot effect, but caused by a posting on digg.
VelvetNightmare, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Dugg to death.
Hootiehoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0thay where on www.makezine.comblog
cubbieco, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0"it's not the digg effect! it's still the slashdot effect, but caused by a posting on digg."

Umm... no.

Digg effect. No /. allowed.
roflcpt3r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0No mirrors yet nobody was able to coralize it in time.
vonelab, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0someone mirror or cache please
xil3nt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/02/how_to_make_led_throwies.html
MikeKnoop, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0You can see them in action in the link posted above. Pretty neat.

-Mike
theFNG, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0yeah, i wasn't too convinced until i seen them in the video, quite cool!
Pas3n7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I don't see the need for rare earth magnets, ceramic magnets would be cheaper (if you can find a bulk supplier) and effective enough to get the same effect.
white, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Google cache -
http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:lwxqvaYqH0wJ:www.instructables.com/ex/i/7DBB34EAEDFF1028A1FC001143E7E506/
Protoss, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Oh sweet...
ihavebadgas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4how long before some jackass coward calls the cops when he spots one of these lights becasue he thinks it's part of some sort of b 0 m. b? be vigilant everyone! alert level magenta!
Protoss, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Just make a bunch and throw them on your car :P
vertigoblue, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1deathdugg
p014k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1nice.
automagically, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Its gay and awesome at the same time. I can just imagine people wearing fairy costumes, skipping around, sticking glowing technicolor rainbow magnets everywhere.
hammydude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2dude we need some auto cache thing on digg where if its on the frontpage its cached...

All i can say: I WANT ONE
RadiatedAnt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0what if you replaced the leds with vibrators 0_0
yagoogaly, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"dude we need some auto cache thing on digg where if its on the frontpage its cached..."

AMEN
demonthises, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0geek vandalism is much better than regular vandalism.
Empyrean, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Cool. Seems somewhat of a waste of money chucking them on the side of a building though which makes it hard as hell to get them back. They'd be nice for room decoration though..or perhaps to chuck one or two on cars passing by and freak the drivers out, heh.
Guano, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1How hard are LEDs to brake? Do the lithium batteries create any environmental concerns?
Guano, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0*break
SnowSurfns, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0sweet, can't wait to see t
bikeham, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I had this idea years ago, but my idea used hooks to catch in trees and a picaxe to send morse code:
"merry xmas" or whatever. Diggity
jrob, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0digg effect.. no cache
danmanx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Doh. I'll have to check this out later before I Digg it...
bigfuzzyjesus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0how long would they last?
cubbieco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"how long would they last?"

Depending on the specific LED - could be months.
TennBikeBerk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0guano,

Lithium batteries do create somewhat of an environmental concern. However, I would not be concerned about the LEDs breaking. They are basically shells of plastic, that might get a bit scratched up, but I highly doubt they would break or fail.
Crazy_8, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"How hard are LEDs to brake? Do the lithium batteries create any environmental concerns?"
---guano

LEDs aren't very easy to break...thats not to say it impossiable, but you'd be more likely to have the battery run out than the crack the LED. As for the batteries....no idea
atrain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"dude we need some auto cache thing on digg where if its on the frontpage its cached..."

I've sugusted this before...
it should just cache it with nyud or a digg specific C.C. Server before it hits home page, and add [report dead] and [cache] buttons to each story
06metzp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1awesome videos and other links, too bad the original site is down... oh there goes the google cache! took a while.

digg++;
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