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Uploaded by on Jul 5, 2011

The Video Coat is a 60" LED video display built onto a lab coat.
http://www.cathodecorner.com/videocoat/

160x120 pixels, 0.3" (7.62mm) dot pitch RGB. Powered by a 12V battery.
Plays standard NTSC (North American) analog video from an iPod or DVD player.

Designed for Burning Man, but suitable for advertising purposes as well.

I just got it working last night, so there are some rough edges to be worked on.

david@cathodecorner.com

Video shot by Chris Wagganer.

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Uploader Comments (nixiebunny1)

  • ever consider selling this to lady gaga so she can wear this to the MTV awards?

  • @GoldenGirl1314 My thought from the start was that it will be on Lady Gaga sooner or later. It's inevitable.

  • Very cool use of basic flexible PCBs and LEDs. Any count on how many boards were used?

    VB

    San Francisco Circuits

    sfcircuits . com

  • @SanFranciscoCircuits There are about 160 strip boards, each holding 120 pixels of 3 LEDs each. That's about 60,000 LEDs total.

  • Too many stripes, and it's not mobile, when you have the bulky electronics on you, well, at least it's an idea.

  • @Ryuuken24 Not mobile? I can walk around in it. That's the definition of mobile. The batteries are in my pockets and the iPod's in my hand. No connection to Earth other than my shoes.

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  • Thumbs up if tokio hotel sent you here ;P

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  • Really cool, what is the total current drawn by these 60,000 (!!!) LEDs? Even if 5mA per LED, the total current would still be around 45A I suppose!!

    You could easily use this instead of the standard advertising sandwich boards.

  • Wow! Can't you set up cameras between leds to capture live video for the other side of the coat? So it would be like you're invisible or transparent.

  • I love it. This is brilliant.

  • megh, you can hardly tell whats showing, it just looks like a load of flashie lights that look abit like ralf and mr burns

  • @GoldenGirl1314 lady gaga has a penis

  • @alexzzzzzzzz1231234 no, ther awful

  • tell me.. how do i come to possess this advanced earth technology?

  • thumbs up if vsauce brought here

  • TOKIO HOTEL WATCHED THIS

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