Becky Stern is a Content Creator at Autodesk/Instructables, and part time faculty at New York’s School of Visual Arts Products of Design grad program. Making and sharing are her two biggest passions, and she's created hundreds of free online DIY tutorials and videos, mostly about technology and its intersection with crafts. Find her @bekathwia on YouTube/Twitter/Instagram.
Here’s a light-up bike vest that lets people behind you know how fast you’re going. It uses electro-luminescent wire in the shape of the numbers to give a nixie-tube-esque appearance. Via Ladyada.
This is a very striking design, and a cool project!
But, I’m a little confused about the numeric display. No ‘8’ at all? No ‘0’ (or 2, 4, 6) in the right (units) digit? Does the system only display odd speeds (at least above 6)?
Becky Stern is a Content Creator at Autodesk/Instructables, and part time faculty at New York’s School of Visual Arts Products of Design grad program. Making and sharing are her two biggest passions, and she's created hundreds of free online DIY tutorials and videos, mostly about technology and its intersection with crafts. Find her @bekathwia on YouTube/Twitter/Instagram.
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Not enough digits (motorcyclist).
This is a very striking design, and a cool project!
But, I’m a little confused about the numeric display. No ‘8’ at all? No ‘0’ (or 2, 4, 6) in the right (units) digit? Does the system only display odd speeds (at least above 6)?