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David Tucker
09-03-2008, 05:44 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.geardiary.com/2008/08/31/zune-bug-nightlight-design-concept-connects-wirelessly-to-your-zune-for-mood-changing-light/' target='_blank'>http://www.geardiary.com/2008/08/31...changing-light/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>&ldquo;This conceptual product by designer Ashley Payne would plug into an ordinary socket and use the your Zune player&rsquo;s wireless connection to route music from your Zune to the nightlight where it would react to the music&rsquo;s frequency by changing color and brightness in time to the music.&rdquo;</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/zt/auto/1220460122.usr307.jpg" /></p><p>I have to admit, I&rsquo;m a sucker for lights. I&rsquo;m currently trying to think of some unique lighting ideas for my living room to give it a sort of lounge atmosphere. The Zune Bug concept that <a href="http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_details.asp?individual_id=186823&amp;name=Ashley+Payne&amp;sort_by=1&amp;c=1&amp;" target="_blank">Ashley Payne</a> has put together definitely fits the bill of unique. <a href="http://www.geardiary.com/2008/08/31/zune-bug-nightlight-design-concept-connects-wirelessly-to-your-zune-for-mood-changing-light/" target="_blank">Wayne over at Gear Diary</a> has the same idea as me. Plug a bunch of these things in and you would get an interesting light show.<br /><br />This is only a concept, however, and I doubt we&rsquo;ll ever see something like this come out. There&rsquo;s a lot of technical hurdles here. For one, it needs to wireless connect to your Zune to play music. And yes, it has a speaker in it. I can&rsquo;t imagine getting any sound worth hearing from something like this. Still, its an interesting idea. I think it would be pretty easy to modify the concept to have lights that simply react to ambient music in a room.</p>

Rocco Augusto
09-03-2008, 11:29 PM
I have to admit, I’m a sucker for lights...

What? Sorry, I wasn't paying attention. I was staring at the pretty lights :D