LIGHTABLE by julian appelius and fabien dumas

[MrVetgaaf]

Think nobody likes wet food XD

[alacko]

type 69 if ur hrny lol xD

hayyyyyyyyyyy sup girl!! R4

[unhollyname]

wouldn't a table with water on the top be a little impractical.

[r0nd0m]

agreed..

[drew2225222]

agreed, keep your elbows off or ur gonna get em wet ! ^_^ i prefer that other "DeLighTable" : /

[oldbearJJ1]

I particularly love the musical underpinning- so playful and "light". Does anybody have an idea what the genre might be or which artist may be producing this kind of music? Moreover, just conceive lying a mat with similar light-conducting properties as glass, but only sagging, on top of the table- something silicone filled perhaps. And there you go with your dining table.

[artmonkee]

It uses the principle of edge lighting. LEDs are inset in the tabletop frame and the light is refracted within the clear surface when it is disrupted. It's similar to what u might see in signage (i.e. EXIT signs). Very neat artistic implemention!

[toomanydesigners]

congratulation yuraa2006!!!

[sandman543212004]

OMFG, amazing. congratulations for implementing tihs into furnitue. i would buy it. By the way how much would this cost in the shops? (assuming you are going to sell it in shops).

[yuraa2006]

Guys...it's so simple....

watch closer starting from 00:50 when the guy is putting his hand on a table....and taking it off then - he is shakeing it to get rid of - !!THE WATER!!...

well - there a leds along perimeter...glass...and a thin layer of liquid(water for instance) - light from the leds travels through glass and through water - so when you are putting something on a table like a knife - it is laying inside a liquid a bit...and light "lights" it.....

[bozemanluke]

good some one else saw it i hate posting the obvious. simple illusions sonfound simple minds. beatiful effect though i belive it is just art and not meant to be functional.

[PartsDepartment]

Google "Frustrated Internal Total Reflection" for more info on this phenom.

[juniorpesani]

This is a LED table. Touch sensitive to light up when it senses something close or touching the surface.

[Tux0Racer]

No, it's not. It uses LEDs to shine light. However, it is not using sensor when something is close to the table and lighting up. There are LEDs along the perimeter shining at an angle. When an object is placed on that table in the water it breaks the path of the light and starts to light up. No sensors or anything like that.

[einerus]

it's that same "water" you have in your LCD, touch your screen with your finger.

[pahorv]

No - it's water, you can see droplets fall off his hand after he puts his hand on the table.

[giantcandy]

if it requires water, than this is just art, and nothing else, you can't use that to eat on...or anything else..just...art.

[hipsterunion]

Given that everything sits in a pool of stagnant water, it's not really that sanitary is it?

/ omg-ponies