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Apartment Lit Solely by LEDs

Posted by timothy on from the hey-mine-frequently-is-too dept.

(eternal_software) writes "A company called Vos Solutions created what they call 'a blueprint for future living' named The Vos Pad. The Vos Pad is the world's first apartment solely lit by LEDs. There are some images of the place up on their website."

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  1. Site is down by superpulpsicle · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Must have used up all the power on the LEDs, now their webserver is down.

    1. Re:Site is down by DeadChobi · · Score: 0, Redundant

      This is what happens to any small website when a link gets posted on a larger website with more bandwidth and a readership in the 6 digits. If you run a large-scale website, its the perfect way to get back at your less-powerful competitors. Kind of acts like a DOS attack, except its legal. Someone should've mirrored the images before it crapped out due to lack of bandwidth and posted those instead of the actual website so that those of us reading hours afterwards could get at the pics.

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  2. Ok, That's It I QUIT!!!!! by Elusive_Cure · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Will you guyz refrain just for ONCE slashdotting a server ? ANY MIRRORS PLEASE???

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  3. Re:that hurts by theWrkncacnter · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Exactly my thoughts.

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  4. Oh Yeah! by illuminata · · Score: 0, Redundant

    we can give 'em another led too light there place up... teh activity light on there routr

    kekekekeke

    There, I did the shitty "we Slashdotted their site" joke already, so don't post another! Again!

    God, I hate those posts.

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  5. Re:Please use google cache, already slow... by MrUnknown · · Score: 0, Redundant

    you DO know that Google don't cache images right? They only cache the HTML. So your cache for the images is completely useless and the site will be slashdotted anyways.

  6. Solely by LEDs? by FrostedWheat · · Score: 0, Redundant

    At the moment they happen to be the LEDs on there router!

  7. Too Late... by Loki_1929 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Some blinking LEDs are all that are left of their web server.

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  8. No, LEDs are NOT efficient. by bani · · Score: 0, Redundant

    They might LOOK efficient, because LEDs output most of their energy in a narrow beam. But overall efficiency is not any better than an incandescent bulb. In fact LEDs are about 4 times LESS efficient than fluorescent lighting in lumens/watt.

    The current efficiency champion is high pressure sodium lighting, roughly twice as efficient as fluorescent.

    It will be a long, long, long time before LEDs replace fluorescent lighting in terms of efficiency.