OMG! This is like awesome idea for night clubs. Imagine you walk inside a club with a trail of light behind you. Or DJ is moving in his podium and light behind him follows. This is great concept. Well done!
I wanna cover my whole hallway floor with this stuff (with maybe an on off switch for when it's day) and just have that as a night light if I need to wake up in the middle of the night and go to use the bathroom. I'd feel like I was walking around on another planet. Very cool!
Wow, how cool! I think it would be more dramatic if you painted the background a dark color, not necessarily black, but maybe a cobalt blue or deep purple. I'd enjoy having one!
To some extent, yes. Tinting does reduce the sensitivity, however. We usually recommend to use a frosted glass surface, so that you cannot see the panels beneath, but just see the lights.
i see that others had the same thought i did, that making the glass smoked/tinted so the circuits cant be seen would be a totally badass upgrade for this. makes me want to dabble into building one.
@AvengingShadow The circuit boards in the current version are black. You can use a dark top as well, but it tends to dim the LEDs a lot. Most people choose to use a frosted glass top so that the circuitry and LEDs are hidden.
>...and then here you have your first customer!!!!!!!!!! That's genuinely funny. You're looking at the old version before we went to black boards-- and we have sold quite a few of them. :)
>Any way to do this with tinted or frosted glass? Yes. Frosted glass or plastic tops work well. Tinted glass can potentially diminish the response (and intensity of the LEDs) but some folks have apparently had good luck with it.
That's awesome that the cat doesnt seem to care, like it's just a table and that's how they look. I bet it was chasing the lights everywhere when it first saw that though! Now I understand how the characters in most futuristic, science fiction movies have a sense of normalcy with all the things they use. If it looks cool we will want it and will eventually take it for granted, but hopefully not the latter.
I agree, tinted glass would look so much better! Great idea though. $69,999?? If I had that much money I could think of a lot of other things to buy before a coffee table. Keep up the good work!
@fairo if someone's up there waving their hand over the coffee table to make it react while you're trying to watch tv, perhaps you should just ask them to stop and get out from in front of the tv. Without actual motion, it will just settle down and the lights will go to nearly dark.
Yes you can, go to their website in the description, and a few links later you find you way to their store. they run nearly 2k tho, plus shipping. Definitly worth buying on impulse if you have the money, or saving up for.
funny you say that, because if you go to their site, thats the exact style they have... Nice work on being mr. tough guy over the internet... Does somebody need a hug?
If I counted correctly, the table has 32 electronic circuit boards. Each board contains 20 LEDs. Divided into 2 x 10 circuits, which flash alternately. So there would be 640 LEDs installed. My Favorite LEDs need 3.3 V forward voltage at 0.02 amps. 5 LEDs would be connected in series with a resistor. Consequently, I'm on 42.24 watts when all LEDs are lit. If half of the LED's light up, I get to 21.12 watts.
Nice work, guys! (BTW, to other commenters: the existence of "cooler" things does not diminish the coolness of this one, so don't waste time posting about that).
because of the brightness, if i were to get a table like this, i'd want foggy glass. :) i seriously love this table. xD i'd do the same thing with my cat.
I like it! I like the fade effects on the lights. I suppose this is a prototype? I would like to see a final product a little more visually/aesthetically (sp?) refined. The look through the glass top looks a bit raw. Maybe a piece of matte plastic or something that the LEDs could fit into to hide the circuitry and what not.
A cool thing to do to this would be effectively anti-aliasing, by taking into account the neighboring sensors, both in timing and state to work out the trend of the movements and therefore choose which LEDs to light up. This would be a whole lot more complicated to build, but would give the illusion of the sensors being much much higher resolution than they actually are.
@MTERM775 u are a genius why hasnt anybody else ever come up with a table that heats up your coffee....................i must acquire my materials and coffee to start working
>Do you have any plans to add more LEDs per board, which would make it look better? Eventually; not a big priority because it raises the cost when you add more LEDs.
@xXxKiraraxXx Yup, i don't remember the exact value, but one LED consumes 20.000 (or 200.000) less light than a regular bulb. Even thought there are a lot of LEDs there, it's still less than a bulb.
Cleaver use of sensors and LED series. I wonder if two way mirror mylar sheets with holes for the lights and the sensors hidden underneath would work. If so that might be very cool. I see lots of folks are suggesting frosted glass.
Great! Would only change one thing, though. Use a translucent surface to cover the switch boards and circuitry. Its nice, but its quite un-sightly. A milky white piece of plastic should do the trick. What do you think?
What you need to do is fill it with a polymer and color the lower portion in black or off blue to allow the senors to pick up movement. that way the lights come through but you dont see the circuits under the glass. you can always raise up the sensors onto the glass since they are black and blend them in. it would look more natural...also I would buy one then if they were color changing!
You should make the glass translucent. That way, you could make a customizable color, and you wouldn't be able to see the circuits beneath it. Nice cat, by the way ^_^
This is an amazing concept and I would love to own one. Is it possible to put a tint over the glass? That way you won't be able to see all the light bulbs and just be able to see the light in itself. If you can I would like to place an offer.
This is an excellent idea except for one thing; most people don't have any of their coffee table showing under everything that is piled on top of it. Still, it looks like a great idea and I think it would sell well if it's not already on the market.
@khupido1n2 The world isn't as black and white as that. We use infrared optical sensors that detect *changes* in the proximity of nearby objects, and use only that data as input to the LED network.
>With some frosted glass this idea would be pretty sweet! As is, it looses the effect. But would the frosted glass kill the "motion sensor" hmm... Actually, most people build theirs with frosted glass-- the sensors work fine through it. Follow the link in the video description for more info, if you are interested.
Techincally you read my comments, and you chose to read it so that must have meant you wanted to. However I will conceed that it is indeed cool and I respect the amount of work that went into it, but I feel that some things could use improving. For instance, the LEDS are rather spaced out and random. I think that it would make more sense to have a LED board over the circuits and somehow integrate the motion detectors with it or dying the circuit boards a darker color. To each his own.
i love it! i've thought of something like this using photo resistors and was thinking of setting a galaxy background. it was going to be more of a picture frame sort of thing though.
I am thinking that it's triggered by light, or a lack of light. When a shadow is cast then the LEDs are set off in that area. So a frosted cover might work, but the optical sensors would have to be more sensitive. But I do think it would work and be very cool.
In fact, LED are activated by infrared, this sensors can not "see" our visible light spectrum, in prior answers, the author of the video explained how does it work.
Not what I meant... I know its an actual company, and the name of the company is really their whole point. They do it because they can, not because it may be a giant breakthrough in some field (though what they do is impressive in terms of programming much of the time), but hey, they could make some great breakthrough and that'd be great.
Okay, this could be nice in trendy bars. Replace the current glass with matte glass which will obstruct the view of the technology underneath but preserve the nice light effects. It'd be cool to have your vodka served with lights underneath.
It actually doesn't take that much technology. Motion sensors are very common not to mention LED's. I actually think this should be about 10x the resolution and number of bulbs to create a really impressive display.
If you put some of the light diffusing plastic that you used in the RGB peggy board video in between the glass of the table and the led display, can you still get motion recognition?
>A milky white piece of plastic should do the trick. What do you think? I think we've already been doing that for more than a year-- this is just a version with a clear top so you can see the insides. In our other video you can also see the new interactive LED panels that are now black, rather than dull orange.
Wow those a re very strong sensors. Are those the active and passive near-infrared optical sensors, but how did you manage to use the analog circuit to instantly light the LED's? That is very clever.
i see a cat in the thumbnail, i click
I'd put frosted glass over it . so you can still see the light but not the circuits .
Smoked Glass.
OMG! This is like awesome idea for night clubs. Imagine you walk inside a club with a trail of light behind you. Or DJ is moving in his podium and light behind him follows. This is great concept. Well done!
That's a pretty sweet table...I love how the cat doesn't even notice all the lights below him, just the string. :)
Out of every piece of gadgetry ever devised... LED's have to be the single most coolest thing ever!
possibly one of the coolest LED projects I've ever seen.
I wanna cover my whole hallway floor with this stuff (with maybe an on off switch for when it's day) and just have that as a night light if I need to wake up in the middle of the night and go to use the bathroom. I'd feel like I was walking around on another planet. Very cool!
Wow, how cool! I think it would be more dramatic if you painted the background a dark color, not necessarily black, but maybe a cobalt blue or deep purple. I'd enjoy having one!
To some extent, yes. Tinting does reduce the sensitivity, however. We usually recommend to use a frosted glass surface, so that you cannot see the panels beneath, but just see the lights.
i see that others had the same thought i did, that making the glass smoked/tinted so the circuits cant be seen would be a totally badass upgrade for this. makes me want to dabble into building one.
This is awesome!!!!! The only thing Id add is MOAR LED's!. You guys are on to something really cool!
i don't care what some of these harsh critics say about it, this thing rocks. this would be an awesome idea for a floor too.
The cat didn't even seem to notice or care xD
The table itself is pretty cool though, I can see a lot of great stuff coming up with this
It would look really cool with a water overlay on top! You could probably get some pretty realistic effects with a good one.
@AvengingShadow The circuit boards in the current version are black. You can use a dark top as well, but it tends to dim the LEDs a lot. Most people choose to use a frosted glass top so that the circuitry and LEDs are hidden.
This is so cool! With a little tweaks it would be an awesome idea for a cafe counter :3
Awesome how you added the cat. Just awesome in general
>...and then here you have your first customer!!!!!!!!!!
That's genuinely funny. You're looking at the old version before we went to black boards-- and we have sold quite a few of them. :)
WOW, this is SO cool !!!! And that kitty is gorgeous !!!
Who invented the LED lamp? Whoever did, deserves a statue right now.
This gotta the most pratical, efficient and cool lamps ever invented.
def something that you should market to lounges/night clubs/bars
that would be super cool in those types of venues
Great job! Thank you for all the cool projects you bring to us all.
Mark and Trish
I just love that the cat doesnt give a damn about the mysterious blue lights flashing under him, he just wants that STRING!!
>Any way to do this with tinted or frosted glass?
Yes. Frosted glass or plastic tops work well. Tinted glass can potentially diminish the response (and intensity of the LEDs) but some folks have apparently had good luck with it.
That's awesome that the cat doesnt seem to care, like it's just a table and that's how they look. I bet it was chasing the lights everywhere when it first saw that though! Now I understand how the characters in most futuristic, science fiction movies have a sense of normalcy with all the things they use. If it looks cool we will want it and will eventually take it for granted, but hopefully not the latter.
i have to say, i would love to have one of these. you did great on this.!
I agree, tinted glass would look so much better! Great idea though. $69,999??
If I had that much money I could think of a lot of other things to buy before a coffee table.
Keep up the good work!
frosting the glass would make this really beautiful
@fairo if someone's up there waving their hand over the coffee table to make it react while you're trying to watch tv, perhaps you should just ask them to stop and get out from in front of the tv. Without actual motion, it will just settle down and the lights will go to nearly dark.
@fairo ...you don't have to have it in front of a tv. it can be a conversation piece in a sitting room.
It has an undeniable cool factor. Have you considered a smoked glass top, or perhaps a two way mirrored top?
Yes you can, go to their website in the description, and a few links later you find you way to their store. they run nearly 2k tho, plus shipping. Definitly worth buying on impulse if you have the money, or saving up for.
funny you say that, because if you go to their site, thats the exact style they have... Nice work on being mr. tough guy over the internet... Does somebody need a hug?
If I counted correctly, the table has 32 electronic circuit boards. Each board contains 20 LEDs. Divided into 2 x 10 circuits, which flash alternately. So there would be 640 LEDs installed. My Favorite LEDs need 3.3 V forward voltage at 0.02 amps. 5 LEDs would be connected in series with a resistor. Consequently, I'm on 42.24 watts when all LEDs are lit. If half of the LED's light up, I get to 21.12 watts.
you should make the glass slightly tinted, so the led's and wiring is not so visible.
But it's still insanely awsome! :)
Nice work, guys!
(BTW, to other commenters: the existence of "cooler" things does not diminish the coolness of this one, so don't waste time posting about that).
because of the brightness, if i were to get a table like this, i'd want foggy glass. :) i seriously love this table. xD i'd do the same thing with my cat.
I like it! I like the fade effects on the lights. I suppose this is a prototype? I would like to see a final product a little more visually/aesthetically (sp?) refined. The look through the glass top looks a bit raw. Maybe a piece of matte plastic or something that the LEDs could fit into to hide the circuitry and what not.
A cool thing to do to this would be effectively anti-aliasing, by taking into account the neighboring sensors, both in timing and state to work out the trend of the movements and therefore choose which LEDs to light up. This would be a whole lot more complicated to build, but would give the illusion of the sensors being much much higher resolution than they actually are.
cool
You should put foamy glass on the top. it will look really cool.
>Did u make the music on Garageband?
Yup. Love it. :D
>what if one of those lights went down?
These are LEDs; they don't randomly burn out like tiny incandescent bulbs (e.g., christmas lights) do.
you need a cover over the circuit board to make it more attractive
but great work :D
love the cat demo
Awesome.. 1 opinion i have is maybe tinting the glass so you dont see all the leds ? it would looks alittle better if you couldnt see the whole board
I think it should be a black glass table, that would be really cool. You would have to dim the LED lights though.
frosted glass or matte glass would look nicer...but this is still awesome.
@MTERM775 u are a genius why hasnt anybody else ever come up with a table that heats up your coffee....................i must acquire my materials and coffee to start working
>Do you have any plans to add more LEDs per board, which would make it look better?
Eventually; not a big priority because it raises the cost when you add more LEDs.
if you find some sort of strong plastic and put holes thru it and make the air come out of it maybe you could make a cool light&air hockey
@xXxKiraraxXx Yup, i don't remember the exact value, but one LED consumes 20.000 (or 200.000) less light than a regular bulb. Even thought there are a lot of LEDs there, it's still less than a bulb.
Cleaver use of sensors and LED series. I wonder if two way mirror mylar sheets with holes for the lights and the sensors hidden underneath would work.
If so that might be very cool. I see lots of folks are suggesting frosted glass.
Great! Would only change one thing, though. Use a translucent surface to cover the switch boards and circuitry. Its nice, but its quite un-sightly. A milky white piece of plastic should do the trick. What do you think?
That is really cool. it would be cool if the background was black or dark blue rather than brown, then it would look better when its off i think.
What you need to do is fill it with a polymer and color the lower portion in black or off blue to allow the senors to pick up movement. that way the lights come through but you dont see the circuits under the glass. you can always raise up the sensors onto the glass since they are black and blend them in. it would look more natural...also I would buy one then if they were color changing!
You should make the glass translucent. That way, you could make a customizable color, and you wouldn't be able to see the circuits beneath it. Nice cat, by the way ^_^
This looks pretty cool. but it would be crazy awesome if it also remote controlled everything in your living room. (tv, stereo) with touch key pad.
LOL that cat is more interested in the string than the table that's flashing under it XD
That cat freaking rocks! I have an awesome cat that looks just like him. Love orange cats
That is awesome!
It's interesting to me that the cat doesn't even seem to see the lights.
This is an amazing concept and I would love to own one. Is it possible to put a tint over the glass? That way you won't be able to see all the light bulbs and just be able to see the light in itself. If you can I would like to place an offer.
This is an excellent idea except for one thing; most people don't have any of their coffee table showing under everything that is piled on top of it. Still, it looks like a great idea and I think it would sell well if it's not already on the market.
@khupido1n2 The world isn't as black and white as that. We use infrared optical sensors that detect *changes* in the proximity of nearby objects, and use only that data as input to the LED network.
>With some frosted glass this idea would be pretty sweet! As is, it looses the effect. But would the frosted glass kill the "motion sensor" hmm...
Actually, most people build theirs with frosted glass-- the sensors work fine through it.
Follow the link in the video description for more info, if you are interested.
Techincally you read my comments, and you chose to read it so that must have meant you wanted to.
However I will conceed that it is indeed cool and I respect the amount of work that went into it, but I feel that some things could use improving.
For instance, the LEDS are rather spaced out and random. I think that it would make more sense to have a LED board over the circuits and somehow integrate the motion detectors with it or dying the circuit boards a darker color.
To each his own.
i love it! i've thought of something like this using photo resistors and was thinking of setting a galaxy background. it was going to be more of a picture frame sort of thing though.
I want one!!! If it had a black glass on top and you only see the led's that would look really good.
Yaaay, awesome. For some reason I always get excited to leds.
Thats the coolest table ive ever seen.
I am thinking that it's triggered by light, or a lack of light. When a shadow is cast then the LEDs are set off in that area. So a frosted cover might work, but the optical sensors would have to be more sensitive. But I do think it would work and be very cool.
@TheTuber95 No, it always fades back to dim. Amongst other things, that means that it won't see the tabletop surface that you put over it.
You should tint the glass black, and that would really be an eye turner.
@FABmetal123
>Can you buy led's like this or is it some kind of circuit made with normal leds?
It's an analog circuit made with normal LEDs.
ah, ok. I like the new version too on the other video. Great job!
use tinted glass! it would look SOOOOOO much cooler! such an easy mod too!
But great job, i'd buy one if it wasn't too expensive? haha love it though
the cat is still more interested in a simple piece of string than the star trek coffee table
In fact, LED are activated by infrared, this sensors can not "see" our visible light spectrum, in prior answers, the author of the video explained how does it work.
It could but it's not certain. At least you can't sell the current product to the market, so you need to experiment with it and try the matte glass.
Not what I meant... I know its an actual company, and the name of the company is really their whole point. They do it because they can, not because it may be a giant breakthrough in some field (though what they do is impressive in terms of programming much of the time), but hey, they could make some great breakthrough and that'd be great.
Okay, this could be nice in trendy bars. Replace the current glass with matte glass which will obstruct the view of the technology underneath but preserve the nice light effects. It'd be cool to have your vodka served with lights underneath.
This is really cool.
It it hooked up to a outlet, or battery powered?
thats a amazing table, i wouldn't mind one :P
Don't you love how the cat pays NO attention to the tremendous work of science underneath it and is absolutely fixated on that string?
i think it works by reading the change in light using LDR, seemed like it used simple components.
Do you have any plans to add more LEDs per board, which would make it look better?
Sweet table, but will it blend?
It actually doesn't take that much technology. Motion sensors are very common not to mention LED's. I actually think this should be about 10x the resolution and number of bulbs to create a really impressive display.
@oskay That's soo awesome!! How can it take less energy than a regular light bulb?!
that plus multicolored LEDs = epic win. That would just eliminate the need for LSD.
EPIC. I need to build one. Great project
If you put some of the light diffusing plastic that you used in the RGB peggy board video in between the glass of the table and the led display, can you still get motion recognition?
sooo neat!! u should sell these
>Try covering it with some sort of cloth or paper.
Most people use frosted glass on the table top.
you should put up videos of how it looks now
>A milky white piece of plastic should do the trick. What do you think?
I think we've already been doing that for more than a year-- this is just a version with a clear top so you can see the insides. In our other video you can also see the new interactive LED panels that are now black, rather than dull orange.
>i lould like to make 1 but use frosted glass
Most people who get these do use frosted tops; that works well.
thats really cool. i think the dissipation takes too long though
Wow those a re very strong sensors. Are those the active and passive near-infrared optical sensors, but how did you manage to use the analog circuit to instantly light the LED's? That is very clever.
Thats so cool! But I would be so addicted to it that I would never get up from it.
I like it, but can the glass be tinted? would it effect the sensor?
@BarandClubbing You've apparently made an extra year since the kit was released four years ago-- that should be enough time to build it. :)