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Text Messaging-Enabled Crystal Chandelier Shown In Milan

Posted by simoniker on from the hit-at-all-the-dinner-parties dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Austrian crystal manufacturer Swarovski showed a chandelier capable of displaying text messages via SMS at last week's Milan furniture fair. The Ron Arad-designed piece was at the center of the attention during the opening show, with hundreds of partygoers sending uncensored messages to the chandelier. More info can be found at the official Swarovski site, and photos of the construction are available at the manufacturer's website."

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  1. From the subway to the ballroom by AhBeeDoi · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There's nothing like an advertising laden chandelier to make your ballroom feel like a subway station.

  2. Wow! by llamaguy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Whoah, a text messageable chandelier. Cool as it may be, what real use other than curiosity would it be? Admittedly, this technology could be very useful in other fields but who really needs a chandelier you can talk to?

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    HAH! I just wasted a second of your life making you read this, but I wasted a minute of mine thinking it up. DAMN.
  3. Come on people. by Minwee · · Score: 1, Insightful

    A story about a chandelier which displays text messages has been up for almost twenty minutes, and not a single "All your base..." joke has gone up?

    Is this still Slashdot?

  4. Ooooooh, shiney!! by Thud457 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is just a fancy version of those display boards they have in Times Square -- or the local Chevron. The only difference is that he built it into $75,000 of sparkly glass.

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    the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

  5. Reading between the lines by sssmashy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You gotta admit, nothing says "I have more money than brains" than a text-messaging chandelier that costs more than a new car.

    Your wealthy dinner guests will be awed for about ten minutes, while your less-wealthy friends snicker at you behind their napkins.

  6. 33 processors by Araneas · · Score: 2, Insightful

    just to drive a bunch of LEDs. That seems a might inefficient to me.

  7. eh. underwhelming... by Spatula+Sam · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This seems like a slightly more transient version of having a grafitti wall at a party. While it might have some gimmicky appeal for the first party it shows up at, I can't really see the long term appeal. I mean, are you going to want and sit there and look at someone's posting to the light fixture, or look at the hot girl/guy accross the room. Besides, it's not like IM is an amazing fountain of creativity. It would be mostly people sending the same kind of drivel over and over again and feeling witty. Almost like slashdot....