LED turns tables into game machines

(Credit: Moritz Waldemeyer)

While companies are making use of LED technology in such products as lamps and watches, it's good to see that some people are applying it to something that really counts: games.

Techie Diva reports that designer/inventor/technologist Moritz Waldemeyer has used LED lights and touchpads to transform ordinary tables into interactive game platforms that are on display at London's Rabih Hage Gallery: "The white table transforms itself into a ping-pong machine at the flick of a switch, while the roulette table (pictured) shows an illuminated map." We hope he'll turn his attention next to video poker.

[cnet=techpimp]

yawwwwwnnnnnnn

WOW! Chasing lights on a table......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
I'd rather get out the laser pointer and play with the cat, oh wait, pretty much the same thing.

[agrafixman]

You're missing the bigger picture

Wow... talk about tunnel vision! Picture this instead: You walk into your favorite restaurant and the menu is literally waiting for you on your table. In fact, the menu is the table! Or, imagine every table having a live video feed from the big game... or stock updates, or weather updates, or a virtual keyboard so you can access your email or.. etc., etc., etc. Now, maybe you'd still rather be home playing with your cat -- but I think the possibilities are pretty cool.

[cyberia2016]

Lights and the PC

There are actually quiet exciting applications for light for the PC. Outside of ambient light, the system from http://www.a-r-e.nl comes Event Alerts (any systray event can be mapped to a light event), Imaginary Color Landscapes (color based on position of mouse on screen), Real Time Emphatic Text to Color translation (emphatic context sensitive colors while you type anywhere under Windows), and I read more light features are in the works.