LED Throwies 2

[GodsNotReal95]

@crabheart

Couldnt have said it better myself

[GodsNotReal95]

Hey whats the cheapest type/size battery and/or LED I can use? Whats the brightest? Whats the longest lasting?

[ChrisXz]

@desob92

What an extremely boring thing to do

[celis281]

wat the name of the song

[internetvideossuck]

This is weak. Yeah, it looks cool, but you guys are doing this as some sort of protest? This is a really crappy way to stick it to the man.

Is throwing away 100 lithium batteries a good idea? Someone should find a more environmentally friendly way to do this...

But seriously, this should be done as art, not some jackball protest that accomplished nothing.

[lotusboy101]

did Borf died?

[nitramf]

how many throwies are thrown in this vid?

want to build own throwies, but don't know how much are needed.

[Buzzerifier]

It really made the cube more interesting to look at. Kwool.

[crabheart]

retirement? fuck that. do shit when your young. you cant go mountain climbing, or hang gliding when your and old fart... have fun as much as possible. you only live once. and i hate to tell you, but there is no heavan to go to after you do die..

[doobedoo22]

Anonymous rules!

[woahhitzjfizzle]

omg I made some of those things

my room is all led light stuff now &

im making more its awesome.

[jain513]

"1nce Again" by A Tribe Called Quest

[jenwindy]

Was this video taken at the UofM campus?

[goblue10s]

Nope, there is a non-moving twin cube in NYC

[goblue10s]

Opps, didn't watch the whole thing. Guess it does move. Never bothered to give the NYC one a push - the UofM cube is better - the pivot is buried! GoBlue!

[UserAndr5773]

doesnt thoose cost mutch battery for 30 buks or something led for 10-20 and magnets for 5-10 buks

[RainJetSprinklers]

They are from china=inexpensive

[Kidiot]

and Hong Kong, though it takes a while to ship. <3 eBay

[Solarfi]

whats the songs artists name

[jain513]

it's A Tribe Called Quest's song "1nce Again"

[backspace517]

awesome video, but best watched with sound off...

[sini8080]

Does anyone know how they got "free borf" so perfect? was it stuck to a board first?

[zephirusd]

Cut one of the led legs, and aloy a 1k resistor, ande the light will last forever.

[VuuDoo]

but sacrificing intensity of the light?

[zephirusd]

Not very much... Leds are diodes, the voltage drops something between 0.7 and 1.3 volts, and you feed it with 3V. All the remaining voltage are dissipated in the parasitary resistor of the led, with means that it get hot, and burn out.

The throwie goes off not beause the bateries are over, but beause the led are gone, usind a series resistor you will preserve the led integrity, with negligible luminosity loss.

[Kidiot]

50 1k ohm resistors just arrived today via eBay. =)

[cortexedge]

so,what happens to the leds when the battery goes down?

[jain513]

Normally what I do is go back in a few days and salvage the ones that are left. I reuse the LEDs and the magnets (those can practically last for ever) and if there is no charge left in the battery I just throw out that part.

[cortexedge]

and how much does it cost you this hobby?

[jain513]

The way I make them it runs about $35 for the first 100. It's about $10 for 100 new button batteries, LEDs can run $0.10 to $0.50 each depending on color and strength, the magnets are about $0.15 each, Electrical tape is $1 at any dollar store (that will cover more than a 100).

[cortexedge]

wow...now that's cheap :O....here,with 1 buck you can buy 2 leds of that size :(((((

[proto12321]

wheres a place that i can get the LED throwies for a cheap price

[pinoypinay]

You can make them for really cheap.

[nekoheehee]

look at the "make an led throwie" you can get all the stuff to make them cheap and their fun when you get alot of people with them :D

[proto12321]

can anybody tell me the name of the song

[jain513]

the song is "1nce Again" by A Tribe Called Quest

[TyroneSwarb]

Cool. I'll bet nobody cleans them up later.

[jain513]

Actualy there's not really much to clean up after something like this. Most passers by will swipe the ones they can to take home. The rest are normaly taken back and reused if they can. A few always get lost to the wild though.

[teslaspigeon]

ok looks cool but is there some point !! charity or something

[jain513]

Not really. I have used them to point out routes for out annual Halloween party, but that's about it.

[xfnord]

they sell 50 led-throwies on ledthrowies[dot]eu for 12.50 €.

[Daishi3000]

Great music!

[ForcedToSignUp]

This video needs to be used as evidence in defense of the two people who used LED throwies to promote the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie, who got arrested last night due to the American media and police being 100% grade-A morons.

[GalacticLordXenu]

They weren't throwies

[norfamericana]

how long do they last?

[smileman66]

I've read that they last up to 2 weeks depending on the color.

[amoebaboy]

ha ha nice work !

[DavidJGrossman]

The music in the first video fit in perfectly. What's with the music in this one? It totally ruins the video.

[AlonsoGonzalez]

I love the music.. Aighttt!!

[discjockykid]

I totally see a flash mob with my school doing this ;) Now I just need to find something giant and metal in town O.o hmmmm

[stickdick]

how did you do the stamp 1 wit the free borf stick so perfect??

[realnola]

This is really neat, I have been working with LED's for YEARS and never thought of this. I also live in lame ass New Orleans so if I need something I have to order it online not to mention I am now poor these days thanks to sorry ass engineering!

[bbwannab]

umm...who the f**k is Borf?

[jain513]

Borf is/was the code name of a graffiti artist that got arrested in 2005 in Washington D.C.. The name is king of used for a lot of things that don't have anything to do with him now. Other graffiti people use it randomly in their pieces. "Free Borf" is the most used one.

[d4n131M3j14]

this is great!immaking a losof throwies and putting'em in my car with messages or simple words, itsreally cool and you can use'em over and over until the batt dies.. there's infinite possibilities with this stuff

[ibuiltyoufirst]

this is pretty sweet. too bad they dont last too long.

[Dagibit]

I'd like to do this too, but I wouldn't want to waste anything. I found this site with non-weatherproof mini solar panels for as little as $1.50. The problem is that you'd probably have to use a night writer, and add more magnets (and buy rechargeable batteries and a photocell). And then there would be the $7 to $10 price each, along with soldering, and experimenting. Oh well.

<http://store.sundancesolar.co­m/minsolpan45v.html>

[d4n131M3j14]

INSTEAD OF A MAGNET YOU CAN USE CLAY (OR PLAYDOH OR WHAT EVER) AND WILL STICK ANYWHERE NOT JUST METAL AND ITS CHEAPER

[Dagibit]

Why was everyone taking them off without re-throwing them? Jerks!

[schf0ol3d]

haha

[glasgowboi69]

Maybe they were finishing up?

[fireboy1414]

that looks like fun...

[sweetvampiress69]

hey this is cool

[d4n131M3j14]

this is cool.. a gathering of ppl trhowing leds to statues hahaha, i am definetely getting some throwies myself.. how long does it stays turned on?

[dantheman45]

theye stay on for bout 2 weeks dependin on the batterys ur using

[d4n131M3j14]

omg!!! thats a lot.. i dont mean to disrespect you but i really dont belive that.. well meybe a lil' so im gonna try it out myself and see.. hahaha even a few hours would be enough

[jain513]

The longest I've had a throwie stay lit was 19 days. (I'm sure it was a total fluke.) Real cheap ones will stay on for a day or so. The ones I make avarage 6-8 days.

[fireboy1414]

where do you buy them...

[jain513]

I'd been getting the LEDs bulk from an auto body shop, the batts and mags from a local tool store. Lately I've been buying them all online. There are a 100+ places that sell the stuff in bulk if you want to make a lot.

[fierceohm]

How can we combine this and wheatpaste???????

[jain513]

I don't think anyones thought of that yet ... (*_*) I've had a lot of luck with spray epoxy to make designs that won't slip.

[back2level9]

anyone know who made the beats? music is the shit

[jain513]

the song is "1nce Again" by A Tribe Called Quest

[back2level9]

Thanks man!