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Swedish overclocker and blink(1) Kickstarter supporter Magnus wasted no time and hacked his blink(1) into the form factor of the classic Ambient Orb using hot glue and an inexpensive (10 SEK, or $1.50) blinky plastic orb.
It looks great! Thanks, Magnus.
And apologies to our Swedish friends, but when we heard “Sweden” and “Orb” used together, you know what we thought of first:
;-)
Fun with Blink(1) and Claims: Unboxing and Identity Providers’ Synesthesia
To read the full post please click here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vbertocci/archive/2012/12/09/fun-with-blink-1-and-claims-unboxing-and-identity-providers-synesthesia.aspx
Exciting! Thanks to Ben, Keri, Preston, Ann, Abe, and Carlyn, we had a few more epic blink(1) assembly parties and have shipped a total of 4800 blink(1)s to our fulfillment house. The most recent blink(1) update will review:
For the full post and more photos please visit: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thingm/blink1-the-usb-rgb-led/posts/363432?ref=email&show_token=0e0ad1a8c907e7f1
blink(1) NOVEMBER KICKSTARTER UPDATES
November has continued to be an incredibly busy blink(1) month. The most exciting news is – we’ve started shipping! To read about all of the highs and lows of our manufacturing and assembly process please read our full posts.
To follow the blink(1) progress and updates please visit: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thingm/blink1-the-usb-rgb-led/posts
To pre-order a blink(1): http://shop.thingm.com/blink1/
Questions: blink1@thingm.com
THINGM BLOG
We’ve shared some exciting new ThingM projects of the blog this month! Including a incredible BlinkM architectural model (it uses over 650 BlinkMs!) created by our friends over at EOS Lightmedia – and a Star Trek glow pin.
THINGM SEEDKITS
End of semester reminder!
For the last few years we’ve been offering students and institutions an opportunity to experiment and play with ThingM products through our Seedkit program. This year we’ve changed it up a bit, in exchange for a greatly reduced price, all we ask is participants commit to documenting and sharing their process with us. We’ll hopefully inspire our ThingM community by sharing the best ideas on our blog and in our newsletters. This year we have two options, a whole schmogasborg of ThingM goodies called the Grab Bag, as well as a Wearables Kit specifically geared for soft goods.
All Seedkits are intended for educational, non-commercial purposes, you must have a .edu email address to request a Seedkit. If interested please contact Kim directly at: kim.karlsrud@thingm.com
It’s been a busy two weeks since our last update. The most important news to report is: we’re shipping!
On Monday, we shipped 1200 blink(1)s to our fulfillment house, Fulfillrite. The wonderful people there should receive it early next week and start shipping them out to you shortly after that. They are based in New Jersey so don’t be alarmed that it’s not coming from California. We will try to ship in the order that people backed.
Next Monday we will ship out at least an additional 1200 blink(1) units. Why aren’t we shipping all of them at once? Read all the nitty gritty details in our full Kickstarter post here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thingm/blink1-the-usb-rgb-led/posts/354223?ref=email&show_token=6c2617d2a1b6ae00
From twitter user gwygonik:
twitter.com/gwygonik/status/262925582084481024/
“Wife needed light-up Star Trek (2009 era) comm badge for a costume. 3D printer, BlinkM MinM, and a battery = win. pic.twitter.com/0MSaQhX0″
Our friends at EOS Lightmedia have created an amazing dynamic architectural model using 650 BlinkM MinMs.
Here’s a quick video of it in action:
It’s driven by a bank of Ethernet Arduinos.
End of the semester reminder!
For the last few years we’ve been offering students and institutions an opportunity to experiment and play with ThingM products through our Seedkit program. This year we’ve changed it up a bit, in exchange for a greatly reduced price, all we ask is participants commit to documenting and sharing their process with us. We’ll hopefully inspire our ThingM community by sharing the best ideas on our blog and in our newsletters. This year we have two options, a whole schmogasborg of ThingM goodies called the Grab Bag, as well as a Wearables Kit specifically geared for soft goods.
All Seedkits are intended for educational, non-commercial purposes, you must have a .edu email address to request a Seedkit. If interested please contact Kim directly at: kim.karlsrud@thingm.com
ThingM has good news! We’ve received production quantities of both the electronics and the two parts of the enclosures. This means assembly and final packaging is about to begin! The full update reviews:
Click here to read in full: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thingm/blink1-the-usb-rgb-led/posts/344566?ref=email&show_token=5675dce8a700f2b5
High-five robot with BlinkM MinM
BlinkMuino updated for Arduino 1.0
Internet catflap with Twine, Pi and blink(1)
BlinkM-controlled by iPhone via BLE and BlinkM with Xbee
ThingM at Maker Faire Bay Area 2013, come visit!