Gizmodo: glowing

Prairie Vole Embryos Injected With Glowing Jellyfish Gene Grow Up To Glow Too

Kat Hannaford — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:35:17 EST

No, they're not chewed-up pieces of gum, quit salivating. These are the world's first transgenic prairie voles, which were injected with a jellyfish gene as embryos, resulting in glowing baby voles.

Researchers inserted the prairie vole genomes with a glowing jellyfish's gene, which contains a fluorescent protein that makes it glow. Once the embryos grew into prairie voles, the jellyfish gene was evident in its glowing skin, and even their children had similar strengths of luminescence. These prairie voles will help scientists discover genetic secrets of pair bonding, social behaviors, understand psychiatric disorders better, and also intrigue and fascinate. Look! Glow in the dark voles! [Science Daily]

Glowing Girls Bring Blade Runner Fashion To Life

Jason Chen — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:00:00 EDT

Twenty-seven years later, these girls are wearing EL wire and conductive thread in order to bring the spirit of Blade Runner into the 21st century. Or, they were hocking a book. Not sure. [BBGadgets]

Russian Mod Makes iPhone's Rear-Side Apple Logo Glow

Kit Eaton — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:50:00 EDT

Saddened by the fact that the Apple logo on the rear-shell of the iPhone is just a dead, un-illuminated entity, a bunch of Russian modders have taken a dremel and soldering iron to one—or is it a replacement back shell? Either way, they brought the sexy (glow) back. Apparently "the battery doesn’t suffer a lot, you can adjust the glow level in Settings menu." Hmmm. Are they hacking into the screen back-lighting circuit? If you're not convinced by the photo: check out the video, it looks pretty real. Updated: A reader has sent us some shots of the mod really in action.

Now you should be convinced: if this mod isn't real, that video is a very well-done fake. There's no info on how it's been done, so it's up to you to work out how to follow in their footsteps if you too want a glowing fruit. [iNews76 via Yanko Design]
Update: A reader, and editor of iphones.ru has sent us these photos of the glowing mod in action, in lighted and unlit situations. There's this Giz story showing behind it in the pics... it's real, folks! The mod cost about $300 to do.
Thanks, Arthur!

USB LED Light Tube Speaker is Like Bad Sci-Fi Prop For Your Desk

Kit Eaton — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:51:00 EDT

This transparent, glowing USB speaker is either missing one glowing arm to make it look like a flux capacitor, or has one arm too many to be the light on top of the TARDIS. It's weird. But if you're into EL-wire PC case modding, then I suppose this blue LED-lit USB speaker from Brando might be up your street. Measuring 5.9-inches long, it takes power from USB, has an audio-in socket and costs $22. [Brando]

Glowing, Flashing USB Speakers are Ahem Bullet-shaped

Kit Eaton — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:20:00 EDT

Okay, okay: I know what they look like, but since the official description is "bullet-like," that's what I'm sticking with. These 7.5-inch tall, cylindrical, smooth-tipped speakers are USB bus-powered and have music-reactive color-changing LEDS in the top, making them "very nice to listen to your favorite music at night" apparently. They pump out 2 x 2W and 2 x 1W of sounds from 150Hz to 20kHz. Available now for a mere $20. [Gadget4All via Geek Alerts]

REMY Biometric Blanket Wakes You with News on Your Snooze

Kit Eaton — Tue, 27 May 2008 06:25:00 EDT

Designer Dasha Anokhina has created a concept that takes Glo pillow's design to a new level: REMY is a whole dawn-simulating alarm blanket. The system monitors your sleeping movements with a bedside camera. Then, near your chosen alarm time, the blanket begins to light up with an image representing your sleep pattern, waking you as if the sun was rising. And if you're really into self-analysis, it even saves your sleep data to a USB stick so you can review it later. Could make for interesting viewing, if you're as much of a nighttime revolver as I am. [Yanko Design]

Full Moon Sideboard, Your Gear's Own Glowing Lunar Base

Kit Eaton — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:34:53 EDT

I'm about to move home, and this sideboard by designer Sotirios Papadopoulos is going right on my dream-about-it furniture list. "A sideboard?" you say. Well, it's simple and beautiful, in a very sciencey kind of way. The detailed luna surface is painted with a glowing paint Sotirios invented, called EcoLightInside since it's apparently eco-friendly. Why's it a dream-only item? It's a limited edition of just 24, and while the price is unknown I suspect it'll be astronomical. Shame: I'd already pictured myself dotting it with markers detailing the Apollo missions. [InventorSpot]

FootLume Glowing Rug Solves Midnight Stubbed-Toe Problem

Kit Eaton — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:50:01 EDT

The FootLume carpet design is basically a high-tech rug jammed with electroluminescent lights and weight sensors. As you stroll across your bedroom in the dark on your way to, you know, get a drink of water, the rechargeable rug lights up to guide you on your way. No bright light to wake your sleeping partner, fewer stubbed toes—perhaps not if you're as bleary as I am when I wake up. Designed by two students at London South Bank University, the prototype was shown at the Ideal Homes show in the hopes of attracting a manufacturer. So it may see the light of day, um... night as a real product, hopefully without the cheesy butterfly design. [Livescience]

Glowing Umbrella Keeps You Infinitesimally Safer at Night

Jason Chen — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:35:43 EST

Glowing umbrellas usually light up their shafts rather than their mushroom-like tips, but this concept "Glowing Umbrella" has a glowing parasol to illuminate your way at night. It's lovely in the way that a black, non-light up umbrella isn't, but is only a concept for now. If science and technology could manage to make one of these that doesn't require swapping out batteries every other day (and make it under $50), we'd be in for four. [Tisch5 via Random Good Stuff via SciFi]

How to Make Glow-In-The-Dark Printer Ink

Jason Chen — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:40:58 EDT

How Make Glowing Printer Ink - These bloopers are hilariousReally want those that next term paper to pop? Check out this quick 88 second tutorial on how to make your own glowing ink for your inkjet printer.

Not to spoil the video or anything, but you take glow-in-the-dark powder, mix it in with printer ink, microwave it, suck it into a syringe, then inject it into an empty cartridge. Once it's printed, you can turn off the lights and see your hard work. As delicious as that glow-in-the-dark solution is when it comes out of the microwave, you probably won't want to drink it. – Jason Chen

HOWTO make glowing inkjet ink [BoingBoing]

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 Toilet Seat Makes Your Deposits Look Really Disgusting

Jason Chen — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:00:21 EST

Luckily most of us at Giz are still young enough not to have to wake up multiple times a night to pee, but when we do reach that stage, we're investing in a Glowing Toilet Seat. Just bright enough so you don't make a mess that ~~our wives~~ we have to clean up in the morning, but not bright enough so you can't fall back asleep without washing your hands thoroughly.

Cost? You can't put a cost on stuff of this quality (we're not sure but it looks to be around $35). – Jason Chen

Product Page [OneGlow via Shiny Shiny]