Check out these very cool LED lamps that changes its colour according to the environment its in, thus the name Chameleon as many is calling it. The idea behind this is quite clever, but it seems as though applying it to a lamp seems rather pointless to me. And at £100 each, it would be a bit difficult to persuade a purchase off me!
Created by Japanese designers Makoto Hirahara and Shinya Matsuyama, this 2.5″ LED lamp sports red, green and blue lights and operates like a one-pixel camera. How it works is, by pressing the top bit of the lamp, the LEDs will measure the amount of reflected light from the surface it’s sitting on to find out what the colour is They then change their intensity to recreate that colour on the top.
I wonder what happens if you place it in between two different colours? Watch the LED lamp demo after the break…
[via 7 Gadgets]
You guys sure know how to find them. Why would you want an LED to mimic the background colour? Doesn’t make sense to me, unless you’re trying to build an invisibility cloak of sorts.
Nice gizmo. The practical application eludes me, however I am sure that some creative type will come up with one.