Pixel seems like a 50W led flood light that could be found at any suburban furniture store, but behind its two-way glass are 1,024 little lights which can be controlled by an Android device.

This 32 by 32 matrix of addressable RGB 50W led flood light can dynamically display full-color pixel art, animations, or Jenny Holzer-esqe affirmations to those who gaze into its augmented reality reflection. Manufactured by Al Linke and Ytai Ben-Tsvi, the purpose of the project ended up being give artists an electronic canvas where they may create, while not having to wade in the realm of soldering irons or Raspberry Pis.

Id done a couple of 50W led flood light projects before and possess found LEDs to become great medium for art, says Linke. But in spite of tools like Arduino, performing a project this way remains to be extremely tough for the non technical person. Our vision would have been to create something an absolutely non-technical person such as an artist could do and require zero code and zero circuit wiring. The artist can focus solely on his/her art then simply upload the art from his/her Android device.

8-bit Botticellis can make their 50W led flood light having a a fairly easy touchscreen display app, or curate images and GIFs through the Pixel collection. Five artists were commissioned to produce a gallery of pre-made pixel art, reflecting everything from mermaids to QR codes, but even designs pulled online will continue to work.

Next steps for the 50W led flood light include new style choices for the frame and important iOS support. The code that powers Pixel is free making a variety of cool hacks possible imagine locating a camera behind the two-way mirror that could show a persons lo-res reflection as they approached.

IEE Names Lighting Science(R) to Top Ten LED Lamp List, released 10 compatible apps on the search engines Play, and will be ready to ship in April as outlined by its creators whenever we will get the ultimate reply to the age-old question, Mirror, mirror on your wall, who's geekiest for all time?

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