Posts Tagged ‘Art Lebedev Studios’

Art Lebedev’s Optimux Maximus Programmable OLED Keyboard

I have written about a few really cool devices and gadgets to come out of Art Lebedev's studio in past months.  My friend Tatiana from the KTH program just recently told me about an Art Lebedev Studio design called Optimus Maximus - a programmable, fully customizable OLED keyboard that gives you the ability to have kazillions of keyboard layouts at the touch of your finger.  Video on a key, images on a key, text on a key - whatever you can dream up.Want to have a Photoshop shortcuts keyboard?How about an Asian keyboard?  Cyrillic?  Greek?  Arabic?  How about a magical ... Read More»

Art Lebedev Studios’ Air Crosswalk

December 11th, 2008 by Jim
Posted in Civil and Infrastructure Lighting

Another interesting concept from the Russian geniuses at Art Lebedev Studios is something they're calling Air Crosswalk.  Essentially, it is illumination for crosswalks, diffuse, and from above, minimalizing the chance that a pedestrian might not be seen in the night.  These sources are suspended above the crosswalk itself, lighting the crosswalk and anything moving through it.This concept is actually being implemented in Tumen, Russia in 2009.

Art Lebedev’s Square Traffic Lights

December 8th, 2008 by Jim
Posted in Civil and Infrastructure Lighting

Art Lebedev Studios has posed an interesting yet not bad idea:Why not make traffic lights square?We're used to round lamps in traffic lights.  As drivers, and I know this to be true in other countries, we don't always pay attention to the round red and green things telling us when to gas and brake.  Art's concept is centered around making the traffic lights more visible, more present.  LED of course, and as a square, there's more light-per-surface area.  Check out these images:A Luxofor Traffic Light in Japan:A Luxofor Traffic Light in Moscow:and finally, a Luxofor Traffic Light in New York ... Read More»

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