[dorkbotpdx-blabber] D'oh! But thanks!

[dalas v.]

You have a year to get that together for the next Time Based Art festival.

-dalas


--- On Mon, 9/15/08, Jason Plumb <jason at noisybox.net> wrote:

> From: Jason Plumb <jason at noisybox.net>
> Subject: Re: [dorkbotpdx-blabber] D'oh!  But thanks!
> To: "A discussion list for dorkbot-pdx (portland,  or)" <dorkbotpdx-blabber at dorkbot.org>
> Date: Monday, September 15, 2008, 11:31 PM
> dave madden wrote:
> > Does anybody know what the 0-5000hr gizmo is?
> 
> I spoke briefly with the kind gent who brought the parts
> (Sorry, forgot 
> your name!).  He says that the thing will take a current
> and slowly 
> (5000 hours apparently) turn black over time.  He suspects
> it was 
> intended for use in TVs etc. where a service tech could
> gauge part 
> life/usage based on the level of blackness.
> 
> I didn't manage to get any of these, but there were
> lots to be had. 
> Assuming that one could PWM or otherwise vary the current,
> one could 
> envision a method of building up a 2-d image or similar...
> 
> -jason
> http://noisybox.net
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