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Interactive LED Coffee Tables: Update and kits!

PopSci_2007_10 Cool, our interactive LED coffee tables got a mention in the October issue of Popular Science!

What's an interactive LED coffee table? (Funny you should ask....) It's a coffee table that has hundreds of LEDs in the top surface that respond to motion above the table. We have (finally) put together a movie to give you a better idea of how they respond to their environment. You can see the movie on YouTube or watch it embedded:



The complete tables are for sale from Because We Can, our partners in design on this project. There are presently two models, The Ripple (left) and The Wave (right):

the ripple


the wave


Since we first showed these off, we have had a lot of inquiries about how you can make your own table like this. We are now producing (very large) electronic soldering kits so that you indeed can make your own.

Our kits include the giant printed circuit boards, components, instructions, regulated power supply, and all other parts needed to build the electronic portion of the table tops. Constructed, you end up with what essentially amounts to a single extra-ginormous circuit board that can sit underneath the clear or frosted glass (or plastic) top of your own table. Interesting in getting a kit? Click here to read the details!

(Revised 11/16/2007).

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Interactive LED Coffee Tables: Update and kits!
From: Creech on Wednesday, September 26 2007 @ 08:46 PM PDT
It's nice to see the tables in action. I have been curious as to how they look while operating. Nice work, Windell.

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- Creech
Ripple vs Wave
From: Patti on Wednesday, September 26 2007 @ 09:18 PM PDT
I've coveted these forever, but we had a coffee table, and they were too expensive. We've found a home for our coffee table, so now I'm rethinking. Is size the only difference between the Ripple and the Wave - not the behaviour? (I feel like I'm discussing condoms, for some reason)
Interactive LED Coffee Tables: Update and kits!
From: Anonymous on Thursday, September 27 2007 @ 12:41 PM PDT
would this work mounted on a wall?
Interactive LED Coffee Tables: Update and kits!
From: Anonymous on Thursday, September 27 2007 @ 12:53 PM PDT
Silly question, but have you tested this with frosted glass? While the PCBs are gorgeous, the wife doesn't share my geek aesthetic :)
Interactive LED Coffee Tables: Update and kits!
From: Anonymous on Friday, October 05 2007 @ 05:25 PM PDT
Use LEDs as your photo diodes, then use a diffusing finish, or sandblast some design into the glass and you have something a bit cooler.

Jeff Han's LED sensor

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Interactive LED Coffee Tables: Update and kits!
From: Anonymous on Sunday, October 28 2007 @ 01:20 AM PDT
hey man nice job on this. I do plan to buy this myself but do u have to use it just for a coffee table or can it be sumthing else
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From: Anonymous on Monday, November 26 2007 @ 03:24 AM PDT
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From: Anonymous on Friday, April 18 2008 @ 08:25 PM PDT
Would make a cool wall...