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29th March 2006, 21:17
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| LED alloy wheels that can display virtually any image while you drive! Source: http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/0,39...9259669,00.htm We all know how wonderful computers are. You can use them to do your homework, enjoy a virtually unlimited supply of multimedia content and read brilliant consumer electronics news and reviews on the Internet. We know they're also used under the bonnet of modern cars to help them run efficiently, but nothing could prepare us for the Dub Pimpstar -- a set of alloy wheels that can display virtually any image while you drive. Each wheel has a built-in microprocessor and wireless adapter, as well as the key component, a set of LED lights that create images while they spin. The images are created using a strobe modulation technique, or possibly voodoo -- we're not quite sure, but the effect is stunning.  Images are sent to the wheels via Wi-Fi, and you can choose to have all four wheels displaying the same picture, have different pictures on each one, and you can even have images changing automatically at different time intervals. Everything is controlled via software in Windows XP, so when the system eventually crashes, you'll still look cool, as they'll be displaying the infamous 'blue screen of death' -- at least it'll match the neon lights under your car. The LEDs are environmentally sealed, so you can take them through a car wash, and they run off the electrical power in your car, so you don't have to worry about batteries running down. The Pimpstar is available in 22-, 24- and 26-inch guises and starts at $12,500 (£7,200). If that's a little rich for your blood, you should also check out the SpokePOV LED Bike Wheel kit. It works in a similar way to the Pimpstar, but for your bicycle, and only costs $40. -RR http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?ma...&products_id=5  Last edited by Rudra Sen : 30th March 2006 at 07:39. |
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29th March 2006, 21:34
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29th March 2006, 21:38
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| BHPian | F1 teams were contemplating the use of this technology as advertising space last year, Don't think that worked out!!!  For me, well.....wheels will be just Wheels........They do their duty best that way!!!! |
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29th March 2006, 21:58
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| Senior - BHPian  | PIMPSTAR !!  Couldn't have been a better name for this. Dunno but i find a bit tacky |
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29th March 2006, 22:51
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| BHPian  | pimpstar wat a name 1st we had LCD inside car now now LCD on wheels tooo Images are sent to the wheels via Wi-Fi it would be really fun to hack this wi-fi and send your own images into some 1 elses wheels |
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30th March 2006, 00:44
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| hmmmmm there are going to be two schools of thought for this new idea.like anything else one that says "oooomph and how!!!" and one that says " im old fashioned ! " call me old fashioned but i wouldnt want my wheels looking like that  |
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