Gizmodo: glow

Firefighter Boots Leave Goopy, Glowing Trail of Firefly Carcasses

Mark Wilson — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:40:00 EDT

I can't pretend to have experienced the danger of firefighting first-hand, but it seems like losing a partner while a burning building crumbles around you is a very real possibility. And these boots, while just a concept, might help.

Loaded with a mysterious, unnamed glowing substance (one can only assume hordes of ground-up lightning bugs), the shoes leave a simple footprint trail that can be tracked in case of sudden panic. (We're assuming this goop would be more sticky than slippery, though honestly, neither scenario sounds fantastic.)

Maybe these boots would help firefighters, and maybe they wouldn't (firefighters in the audience, please share your thoughts). But as some sort of child's toy involving special goggles, Nerf darts and booby traps, the glow boots sound like a lot of fun...especially if you can buy em in an men's size 12 and the liquid permanently stains carpets. [Yanko Design via ubergizmo]

Battery Powered Yarn Illuminates Clothing, Mostly Breasts

Sean Fallon — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:20:41 EDT

Researchers in England have developed a battery powered textile yarn that can be used to illuminate the clothes of joggers, cyclists, or outdoor workers for protection. This electroluminescent yarn, or "EL yarn," is technically a multi-layer electroluminescent film composite material made from yarn and dipped in a special light-emitting ink on the inside, with a insulated covering and a second layer of yarn on the outside. When electricity runs through the yarn and ink, an electric field is created that illuminates any point where the outer and inner layers of yarn touch. Naturally, this would have a myriad of non-practical uses, not the least of which would be drawing more attention to the breasts of female club-goers. [TG Daily]

Glowing Mountain Dew Trick is a Hoax

Charlie White — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:20:00 EDT

We had our doubts about that Mountain Dew that glowed like a lightning bug when the guy in the video you see here added a bit of baking soda and peroxide. Sho' 'nuff, it turns out to be a hoax. The intrepid mythbusters at Snopes.com (in addition to many of our Giz readers) tried the trick and applied a bit of keen scientific expertise to the problem, and discovered it to be false. Sorry to get your hopes up. As for this video, well, the guy must be palming some glow stick goo and slipping it into the bottle, or it could be a simple edit or off-camera substitution. Anyway, it was fun while it lasted. [Snopes]

Make Glowing Tomatoes at Home!

Mark Wilson — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:20:29 EDT

After watching this video, I had visions of my next rave, ripe tomato pulp covering my body...but you know...this time it would be glowing. [neatorama]

Fuwapica Furniture Matches Your Girly Drink, Lovehandles

Mark Wilson — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:45:28 EDT

In the future, all furniture will glow. But if Fuwapica has anything to say about it, the glowing will quantify your embarrassment.

Fuwapica seats are, at their heart, about social humiliation. Coming in Honeycomb and Ice varieties, they assign you a color based upon weight, providing us with luminescent evidence that, yes, we are the fattest guy in all of LA. The seats then coordinate with other seats close by, while coordinating with the table's sensors that detect colors sitting on its surface. (The table features a computer and LCD display screen for control over the chairs.)

The result will both call our your penchant for eating too much food and drinking too many Appletinis. Hopefully, at least, someone else will be picking up the tab for the privilege. Pieces run between $1,510 and $3,520 a pop. [inventorspot via ubergizmo]

Glowing USB Animals Light Up Desks, Hearts

Jason Chen — Thu, 10 May 2007 16:29:09 EDT

As if you didn't have enough USB ports taken already by real devices, these glowing USB animals will usurp one more precious slot. And for what? Glowing at night and making you feel warm and fuzzy? Well, okay, we suppose that's worth it.

There are various different animals, ranging from dogs, to bears, to what looks like a frog and something we can't even identify. Plus, you can even disconnect the USB port and the internal battery will keep it glowing for an unspecified amount of minutes. Costs about $25-ish. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Sanwa via Everything USB]

Glowing, Foggy Ice Bowl

Jason Chen — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 22:53:09 EDT

How much is a bowl that holds ice cubes, five bucks? How much is that same bowl, but with blue LEDs and fog effects? Apparently, it's $60.

If you really need to have your ice be 2000 Flushes blue, or love fog, this is for you. For the other 6.6 billion people in the world, sorry for wasting your time.

Fogged Ice Bowl [Mainland Mart via Me, My Coke & I]