Lifehacker: I grew up in the the '80s—the golden age of neon—so naturally I always dreamed of owning a neon sign from Hot Topic. This week, Govee, my favorite brand for LED light chaos, released its latest version of neon rope, and from all reports, it’s exactly as fun as you’d think.
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I feel like this new neon rope light would be very popular. In recent years, the LED strip lights have become super popular. I know too many people who have them in their rooms. I think they’re definitely really cool and really customizable since they are thin. You can kind of stick them anywhere and you get to control the color of the lights. Additionally, they are more environmentally friendly. I like the idea of this LED rope because I was always a fan of neon signs and I have one in my room at home. I think this is really a cool way to customize your own neon sign. I also definitely think it will be really beneficial for theatre and lighting. Once again, it’s more environmentally friendly and I think it would probably save money rather than getting a custom neon sign built. Being able to create one exactly to what the designer wants seems like it would be really helpful.
This is cool. My first thought was that this would be cool for scenic designers who’s shows need custom neon signs like bars and arcades. While I don’t know if this is cheaper than getting a custom neon sign made, I’m going to take a big guess that it is. I think the ability to color maps from your phone is pretty neat. I would like to point out that usually the articles on the newspage have comment sections that are boring on the actual websites the articles come from–BUT THIS ARTICLE’S comments from its source page are kind of brutal. They make me think this rope is not as cool as it sounds in writing. Also to the person who said they found one of these at the dollar tree for $3, one that’s not a dollar, and two did you just buy a pack of glowsticks???
I love some good old-fashioned LED tape innovation. In all sense of genuineness, this is a technology that is incredibly neat and will likely become very popular in all kinds of consumer scenarios. The idea of being able to create a neon sign at home (as the author suggests) seems like a really cool thing (and may become the new dorm room ‘thing to have'). The shape mapping tool seems like it would be very useful for visualization and a neat solution to shape-related mapping problems. This kind of technology is popular in entertainment settings, and I’m glad to see more consumer-oriented technologies of this kind. We have a couple of LED-type string lights and tape fixtures in our house and this would be an incredibly neat addition to those technologies. Overall, the individualized control that the product affords will make it a popular one in my opinion, and I look forward to seeing how it progresses.
This is actually really interesting because I thought that these have excited for quite sometime. I guess I just always assumed that the neon letter signs were flexible because how would one be able to create those curved objects if the light wasn't flexible. I think I’ve realized that the primary modernity of this product is its ability to be shaped into whatever the consumer may want. I liked the guitar example they used. I guess my main question is how did they get the exact shape to translate to the app. Are there sensors within the light rope or does one need to map it on their own in the app to the best of their abilities. I am also curious as to what qualifies a “neon” light and if it is the element neon in what way does this light contain it. This light in general reminds me of the LED strips, which I love.
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