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@emanate it if definitely odd.

Now playing at Rain Cafe: a pop cover of "Boombox" by Lonely Island, then what we think is a Muppets rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody.

...ok.

@rey such a pretty kitty :)

@xenon lol I've had that thought too

@KawaSeadrake goshhhhhh <3

Also that's about the same color I am, and, gosh.

Look at this gorgeous android fox!!

https://mobile.twitter.com/gatchmon/status/1026528718628511744

@LexYeen already on top of it :D

These aren't just simple RGB LEDs. Each individual unit contains and integrated microcontroller, which reads digital serial signals on one or two shared wires. Each microcontroller sets LED color and brightness by turning each channel on and off at specific intervals, at least hundreds of times a second.

And the limiting factor on the size of each LED unit isn't the size of the parts, it's how small it can be soldered.

@memnus@octodon.social @rey fuckin' cuties 💙

So yesterday evening at Lusio Light I saw someone gliding through the park wearing gossamer butterfly wings studded with shifting and glimmering blue/green lights. It was breathtaking.

And I'm realizing that I don't know if that costume would have even been possible 25 years ago. Probably technically yes, but the engineering would be a *massive* undertaking for one person.

Today, it's doable for well under fifty bucks of off-the-shelf consumer kit electronics.

Technology is cool sometimes.

@memnus@octodon.social Brye please come home soon.

The SEO arms race is making search results garbage.

@emanate that's the plan :)

Then again, I don't actually know if original builds fall under that site's purview...

I should probably spin up a Replica Prop Forum account to ask a lot of these questions :)

@Leucrotta haaah, I was just reading his documentation on Adafruit for the LEDs I wanna use :D

This totally means I'm planning to hand-solder several dozen 5mm SMT LEDs, while they're glued in place to a plastic that melts.

I'm hoping this is ambition and not just foolishness :)

@mawr don't praise me until I actually do the thing :)