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Analog Approach to Displaying Data

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-just-wierd dept.

Lurker McLurker writes " BBC News reports that Ambient Devices, the MIT Media Lab spin-off which brought us the Ambient Orb, have developed a new product, the Ambient Dashboard . The orb changed colour to display information at a glance, for example turning red if the stock market is going down. The dashboard has three displays, similar to speedometers or barometers, to show the information of your choice, from stock market volumes to the pollen count." As a proof of concept, this is neat stuff. However they seem awful pricey.

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  1. I thought they already had this... by dbright · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...but it was called a radio back then.

  2. EWWW by froismo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ewww pretty lights...

  3. Re:DIY Solution by Anixamander · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't normally reply with attaboy type posts, but this is definitely the funniest post I have seen on here in quite some time.

    Bravo.

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  4. Re:prior art by smack_attack · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I had a feeling i had that wrong. Ah well, I suppose we'll all be modded offtopic anyways.

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