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Glad I Didn't Think of This

PJAllenPJAllen BannedPosts: 5,065
edited 2011-03-06 07:34 in General Discussion
I'm all for LEDs, we need more, on just about everything, but this... it's just dumb --
http://www.everydaysource.com/product/DD/80049?esaffcojutxt110302=DD%20cj%2080049%2010
It's probably patented, which is sillier all the more.

(Thankfully, it doesn't do 'yellow'!)

Comments

  • Spiral_72Spiral_72 Posts: 791
    edited 2011-03-03 16:12
    I dunno, I kind of like it. I can think of many times I took a shower and thought, "Y'know I wish the water were blue"

    I agree, yellow is a bit strange.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-03-03 16:12
    It does red, though. I see yet another remake of "Psycho" on the horizon.

    -Phil
  • PJAllenPJAllen Banned Posts: 5,065
    edited 2011-03-03 16:22
    Ooooo... Think about it, "Psycho" -- The Musical !
  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2011-03-03 16:26
    What's wrong with this? If it was on a short hose, I'd buy one.. :)

    Color changes based on water temperature.. Cool..

    OBC
  • doggiedocdoggiedoc Posts: 2,246
    edited 2011-03-03 17:22
    I think it's pretty awesome! Visual representation of water temperature range - good idea!
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-03-03 17:30
    If it had a mic input, too, it would make an interesting feedback for singing in the shower.

    -Phil
  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,452
    edited 2011-03-03 17:36
    Yo, OBC: On a short hose...

    http://www.amazon.com/Temperature-controlled-Color-Changing-showerhead/dp/B002PFJK9K
  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2011-03-03 17:48
    I am so ordering one of those... :)

    OBC
  • MicrocontrolledMicrocontrolled Posts: 2,461
    edited 2011-03-03 18:00
    If you have more money then brains, you could go with this model: http://www.lightinthebox.com/Chrome-LED-Shower-Head--Without-Shower-Arm--0599-QH325B_p161073.html?litb_from=paid_amazon
    I'd be sending it back shortly after I hit my head on the corner of it, and it doesn't even determine temperature! Actually, the one originally posted was pretty cool.
  • Spiral_72Spiral_72 Posts: 791
    edited 2011-03-03 18:43
    Microcontrolled wrote: »
    If you have more money then brains, you could go with this model: http://www.lightinthebox.com/Chrome-LED-Shower-Head--Without-Shower-Arm--0599-QH325B_p161073.html?litb_from=paid_amazon
    I'd be sending it back shortly after I hit my head on the corner of it, and it doesn't even determine temperature! Actually, the one originally posted was pretty cool.

    We have one very similar to that. "We" had to have an exotic shower head after rebuilding the bathroom.... it didn't cost $250 but still it's over-rated. I prefer the six streams at 100psi instead of 1000 rain drops any day.

    Of course my comment about wishing my water were blue was sarcastic.... Sarcasm is kind'a hard to transfer over text.
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2011-03-03 18:58
    I think it needs a mirrored ball too.

    @PJ - Nice avatar...
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2011-03-04 04:53
    Pulsate the water, strobe the LEDs in time with the pulsation and step into a column water that seems frozen in time and space.

    If you have two nozzles with two different colors and they converge, do you get additive mixture of the colors?

    The mind reels at the possibilities of shower head/LED design.

    Or maybe we oughta be curing cancer instead...
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2011-03-04 05:53
    No, I think it brilliant. Assuming it really does power itself from the water flow nicely. I want one.
  • Dave HeinDave Hein Posts: 6,347
    edited 2011-03-04 05:55
    I wonder how it's powered. Maybe there's a cord that plug directly into a wall outlet.
  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,452
    edited 2011-03-04 10:22
    According to ThinkGeek, the one they sell is powered by a small turbine:

    http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/a446/
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-03-04 10:30
    According to ThinkGeek, the one they sell is powered by a small turbine
    Okay, that makes it cool!

    -Phil
  • sam_sam_samsam_sam_sam Posts: 2,286
    edited 2011-03-04 11:03
    By the way this not a new item I saw these about 10 years ago or so some where I can not remember where I even had one of them and thought it was real cool it was with white LEDs and it had a fair amount of light that came out from it
  • markaericmarkaeric Posts: 282
    edited 2011-03-04 13:40
    I knew it was just a matter of time before humans would bathe in a shower of lasers. Now if it could only drop my shower times to under a minute, and eliminate the need to dry off, then the several thousand year wait for human ingenuity to reach this point was well worth it.
  • Duane DegnDuane Degn Posts: 10,588
    edited 2011-03-04 14:17
    Star Trek the Next Generation had "Sonic Showers".

    @markaeric, maybe you should take advantage of the sale on Pings and build yourself a sonic shower. Zero dry time.
  • lanternfishlanternfish Posts: 366
    edited 2011-03-04 21:29
    ElectricAye wrote: »
    Pulsate the water, strobe the LEDs in time with the pulsation and step into a column water that seems frozen in time and space.

    If you have two nozzles with two different colors and they converge, do you get additive mixture of the colors?

    The mind reels at the possibilities of shower head/LED design.

    Or maybe we oughta be curing cancer instead...

    Now that has great potential. Who is going to be first off the block to build one?
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2011-03-05 07:02
    lanternfish wrote: »
    Now that has great potential. Who is going to be first off the block to build one?

    Go for it. Then donate a percentage of the millions you make to doing something worthwhile. :)
  • Peter KG6LSEPeter KG6LSE Posts: 1,383
    edited 2011-03-05 11:49
    OMG I might have to buy this for a prank here in the dorms . ...........

    Peter
  • bsnutbsnut Posts: 521
    edited 2011-03-05 20:34
    doggiedoc wrote: »
    I think it's pretty awesome! Visual representation of water temperature range - good idea!
    I agree as well. You can have a whole bathroom of LEDs from the shower head to the shink.

    @PJ - Nice avatar...
  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2011-03-05 21:27
    This thread has had me thinking that this would be an interesting way to supplement light in the bathroom using generated power. I'll bet some sort of Hydro charger could at least keep some batteries charged for bathroom use if you tapped both the incoming water for the entire room.

    OBC
  • doggiedocdoggiedoc Posts: 2,246
    edited 2011-03-06 03:54
    That's a swell idea Jeff! I wonder if there are any off the shelf water turbines that could be adapted.
  • PJAllenPJAllen Banned Posts: 5,065
    edited 2011-03-06 05:06
    It's so sad that water wheels are seen as progress.
    They had their place, long ago and far away.
    Oh well. Don't sell your interests in sealing wax and corsets - prosperity is right around the corner.
  • TtailspinTtailspin Posts: 1,326
    edited 2011-03-06 07:34
    Yup, old school water wheels are out.. and this type is all the latest rage now...:thumb:
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