'Glowing Ice Bulb' - Fun project for youngsters and dads

[gallagho]

Hiya,

Saw this "Amazing glowing ice bulb" project.

Looks fun
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/568358/how_to_make_an_amazing_glowing_ice_bulb/

Owen

 

[carbine15]

*cough* lame *cough cough*

 

[MikeSalt]

Imagine if you could waterproof it properly, how many amps you could throw through a Seoul without it getting damaged. Seoul at 10 Amps, good for a couple of thousand lumens I guess.

 

[carbine15]

just use distilled water. it wont conduct electricity.

 

[winny]

Imagine if you could waterproof it properly, how many amps you could throw through a Seoul without it getting damaged. Seoul at 10 Amps, good for a couple of thousand lumens I guess.

No, at 10 A continuous, you will for sure toast the bound wires IF the LED die will hold up at all, which I doubt.

 

[flashfan]

gallagho, thanks for the link. Looked like fun, with room for innovation. Umm, isn't the water "bad" for the LED/wires?

What I really liked, is instructables.com. Some pretty interesting ideas, including "LED Throwies," and a "Tic-Tac" rechargeable LED flashlight. Skimmed through a few ideas, and my favorite is the "invisible" bookshelf--very "novel" (pun intended).

 

[Flash Harry]

Excellent! Another way for the young ones to have some fun.

 

[PhotonWrangler]

Elegant in it's simplicity. This looks like a fun project for introducing kids to electricity and LEDs.

 

[TMorita]

I thought I was obsessive about heatsinking my LEDs till I saw this.

Toshi

 

[greenlight]

I think some ice carver/sculptors could learn something from this.