Regine August 5, 2004 wearable, wifi

Wearable hotspot detector

Hotspot Bloom by Karen Lee is a wearable artificial flower that sheds lights to indicate the availability of a wireless network. The colors are simulated through a tri-colored LED that is controlled by PIC chips monitoring the location for wireless nodes.

It is also an attempt to give recognition to open networks spread across New York.

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hieronymus on August 5, 2004 at 3:30 pm

The Hotspot Bloom is a beautiful idea. Is there any way I could buy one from you, or at least get more detailed information to ‘grow’ my own?
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hieronymus on August 5, 2004 at 3:32 pm

Ah, its not actually you — perhaps I should seek out Karen instead.
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regine on August 5, 2004 at 3:46 pm

I’m not sure you can buy it right now, it rather looks like a thesis project, but Karen Lee will take part in Spectropolis (http://www.spectropolis.info/)in New York at the beginning of October. If you’re lucky enough to be there, you’ll get more details about it.
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designbysumo on August 5, 2004 at 5:25 pm

Great Idea. I would suggest submitting a utility patent, or at least a provisional patent on your idea. I think this is very marketable.
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Mind Poop on August 6, 2004 at 12:51 am

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This is really random, but I think this is totally sweet. A girl at Parsons (same school Debs is at) made a flower WiFi detector that lights up when there’s a network around. Talk about my kind of girl….
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dan on August 7, 2004 at 10:51 am

I encourage the designer to make something like this for sale to the general public. I think it’s a good concept that might be fun to implement..
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