Snowsferatu - adventures in seduction and darkness
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Snowsferatu - adventures in seduction and darkness
If you are getting rad and nobody sees it are you really getting rad?" I am only so rad but now I can make sure everyone sees me.
PROGRAMABLE LED SKIS - The skis have led strips built into the ski during layup. An accelerometer/gyro lets them react to what you do.
It has been a few years since I've posted anything. I've build a few pairs of skis but I've been busily building other things and haven't had as much time for skis. Up 'till now I hadn't had any problems with leaky vacuum bags but of course there is a first time for everything. I didn't get a good seal and couldn't find the leak. There was some pressure but not as much as the skis needed and things got a little delamy. Normally I would have junked them but since I had stuck them full of electronics I did what I could to salvage them.
I wired up an arduino to the skis themselves and programmed a script to flash the LEDs.
The wires are soldered to tee nuts just behind the bindings.
The battery pack and controller are small enough to fit in a pocket or backpack. I put a pushbutton in my front pocket of my pants that was big enough to press through the fabric.
I kept the controller separate from the skis so I could wire up different inputs. The accelerometer/gyro seemed like an obvious choice. Right now I just had it set so it would flash when it experiences sufficient force.
I'm going to give the whole thing another go and make some skis that actually ski well. I'm thinking of adding index-able LEDs for even more radness.
PROGRAMABLE LED SKIS - The skis have led strips built into the ski during layup. An accelerometer/gyro lets them react to what you do.
It has been a few years since I've posted anything. I've build a few pairs of skis but I've been busily building other things and haven't had as much time for skis. Up 'till now I hadn't had any problems with leaky vacuum bags but of course there is a first time for everything. I didn't get a good seal and couldn't find the leak. There was some pressure but not as much as the skis needed and things got a little delamy. Normally I would have junked them but since I had stuck them full of electronics I did what I could to salvage them.
I wired up an arduino to the skis themselves and programmed a script to flash the LEDs.
The wires are soldered to tee nuts just behind the bindings.
The battery pack and controller are small enough to fit in a pocket or backpack. I put a pushbutton in my front pocket of my pants that was big enough to press through the fabric.
I kept the controller separate from the skis so I could wire up different inputs. The accelerometer/gyro seemed like an obvious choice. Right now I just had it set so it would flash when it experiences sufficient force.
I'm going to give the whole thing another go and make some skis that actually ski well. I'm thinking of adding index-able LEDs for even more radness.
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A quick phone-shot vid exploring the darker side of skiing:
I took them out earlier this week. Conditions were terrible and the skis didn't help. I had the hardest time not staring at the snow (ice chunks) underfoot. I can't wait for the next pair and some full moon powder.
Chrislandy: Lights in a wakeboard would be amazing! There are so many thing you could do with different sensors. Temperature sensing ski mood ring?
I took them out earlier this week. Conditions were terrible and the skis didn't help. I had the hardest time not staring at the snow (ice chunks) underfoot. I can't wait for the next pair and some full moon powder.
Chrislandy: Lights in a wakeboard would be amazing! There are so many thing you could do with different sensors. Temperature sensing ski mood ring?
"Powder days? Everyone loves powder days. You can ski powder days the rest of your life. I prefer ice, its faster." -Glen Plake
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