That's weird. I was on this compingsite in France last week and everyone was wearing such cloaks, men, women children everyone (well except a handfull of teenagers). Even I got one when I entered. Had to leave it behind when I left, sadly.
The fast blinking might acually be a good thing for brake lights, but indeed annoying for regular tail lights.
LED's don't run on 12Volts. They have a fixed voltage drop over them depending on the color, somewhere in the 1.6V to 3,5V range. So if you need to feed it of 12V you could use 3 or 4 of them in series and use a resistor. It would be hard making 20-40 LED shine equally bright this way. If you switch them all in series, you need about 40-100 volts or so to power it. That is easlily done with an oscillator and some diodes and capacitors. Of course 1 extra capacitor taking away the ripples, would solve the problem, but that would make it 15 cents more expensive.
(or just faster switching of course)
Of course there is such a thing as roadtax and it is calculated on the weight of the vehicle and the type of fuel used*.
That and 500 kilo's extra would cost extra electricity to move and wear out your tires, shockabsorbers and brakes more quickly.
The superbattery would be cheaper in the long run.
(btw: I think the speed limit on electric cars as of today is 15 km/h)
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You would have to marry them first of course.
My favourite. The most beautifull girls are guys.
That's weird. I was on this compingsite in France last week and everyone was wearing such cloaks, men, women children everyone (well except a handfull of teenagers). Even I got one when I entered. Had to leave it behind when I left, sadly.
Empirical research is always the best!
I don't know where your pets are. Maybe you should call them.
I did some reading and it turns out that LED lights look much brighter to the eye if they blink at a certain frequency.
Finally someone with some sense. In cold climates using incandescent bulbs indoors isn't inefficient. It's just efficient bright heating!!
The fast blinking might acually be a good thing for brake lights, but indeed annoying for regular tail lights. LED's don't run on 12Volts. They have a fixed voltage drop over them depending on the color, somewhere in the 1.6V to 3,5V range. So if you need to feed it of 12V you could use 3 or 4 of them in series and use a resistor. It would be hard making 20-40 LED shine equally bright this way. If you switch them all in series, you need about 40-100 volts or so to power it. That is easlily done with an oscillator and some diodes and capacitors. Of course 1 extra capacitor taking away the ripples, would solve the problem, but that would make it 15 cents more expensive. (or just faster switching of course)
There is no such thing as physical. It's all between the ears (if there were such things as ears)
Nah, just drop them in a pond. If they float, they're too fat
Didn't IBM have a thing called OS/2 Warp?
Please do!
Most Chinese are not Americans.
of course possession of memories of you engaging in any sort of sexual activity before your 18th birthday would be illegal
God: I case you didn't notice: Every humon got upgraded to v2.0 quite for a while. Now please reboot, will ya!
Good Idea! I think I'll go patent it!
Chain paper on the other hand ...........
What's AOL? And/Or Line?
Yes, taking over the world is tiring business. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112123/
Bullshit
2010 ruled! That was some year! Did you visit before or after the chin incident with president Leno?
So, wherez the sourcecode?
Ok, but how about the sauce??
Of course there is such a thing as roadtax and it is calculated on the weight of the vehicle and the type of fuel used*. That and 500 kilo's extra would cost extra electricity to move and wear out your tires, shockabsorbers and brakes more quickly. The superbattery would be cheaper in the long run. (btw: I think the speed limit on electric cars as of today is 15 km/h)
Then use helium. It doesn't go bang and it boils at -269C