Trip the light fantastic on a floor that's a screen

• Autores: Paul Marks
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2945, 2013, pág. 22
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Marks introduces a giant LED-studded carpet. Announced last week, the carpet is the result of a collaboration between Dutch carpet-maker Desso of Waalwijk and display and lighting firm Philips of Eindhoven. The trick was to engineer a carpet backing that could transmit light, says Dessos Ludwig Cammaert. Instead of the usual opaque, rubbery resin, Cammaert built a translucent plastic backing that can stand up to heavy wear and tear. This is laid on top of a 10-millimetre-thick steel screen peppered with LEDs.