Kraftwerk Tribute Tie Electronics Prototype

An electronic prototype of a circuit to be incorporated into a necktie, as a tribute to Kraftwerk. Their upcoming concert in Finland prompted a customer to ask for a custom version of the tinyCylon hardware and firmware to duplicate the effect seen in the Kraftwerk video, "The Robots". Two units were manufactured, as seen in the still photo at the end of the clip. It's a very simple effect to achieve, here & now, but was probably quite cumbersome and complex when the original video was shot, which was, I'm guessing, before you were born. Hopefully I will get some "action shots" of the final product.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• LED
• scanner
• Kraftwerk
• tribute
• Robots
• electronics
• DIY
• Atmel
• AVR
• tinyCylon
• open
• source

[Alibi1986]

Cool! Where can I get one? I think it would be fun to randomly walk around in a red shirt and a black LED tie and see how many people actually get the reference...