Mongoose Studio's RGBy3.0 gets all chameleon on us

It's not like mood lights haven't been used in unorthodox manners before, but Mongoose Studio's RGBy3.0 puts a twist on the traditional color changing device by enabling it to take the hue of whatever it sits atop. Apparently, the portable creation rocks color sensors that interpret the shade beneath, and subsequently, the LEDs within change to mimic it. As of now, it looks as if the device is still in prototype stage, but rather than just crossing your fingers hoping that it goes commercial, why not check out a video of it in action after the jump?

[Via Technabob]

[671GD @ Dec 31st 2007 8:23AM]

Cool.

[Adoniteking @ Dec 31st 2007 8:35AM]

nice music too..

[Senor_Tom @ Dec 31st 2007 8:46AM]

nice, LEDs a little dim, although prototype, on film, etc etc.
I'd consider one purely because of that music too:)

[Charlie Calhoun @ Dec 31st 2007 9:53AM]

Don't worry, the LEDs will be bright enough with "Nano-Imprint Lithography"!

*Read article posted just before this one*

[KEROLiUKAS @ Dec 31st 2007 8:42AM]

Extremely useful when I want an LED to light up the same color as some random crap.

[Jonathan Bergeron @ Dec 31st 2007 8:45AM]

I come into those situations everyday.

[KEROLiUKAS @ Dec 31st 2007 8:47AM]

Exactly, and don't you hate it when you don't have one of those around and have to manually guess the color and then set it to my homemade RGB led light.

[david-vogt @ Dec 31st 2007 8:47AM]

Wow...thats really...useful. :|

[Steven @ Dec 31st 2007 8:48AM]

The # of uses I would have for this thing is too long to list.

[Jared @ Dec 31st 2007 8:52AM]

Awesome! I just hope they're less than $500, because I want to order 200 of them. Actually, make it 220, then I won't have to do Christmas shopping next year, because this is obviously going to be on the top of everyone's list.

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I wrote about how we're (as a commercial society) coming up with new useless ideas for products in a post a while ago. This item confirms my thesis.

[shaun @ Dec 31st 2007 9:03AM]

Wow kool, I can put them on my xmas tree next year and watch them light up....green. How about that.

If they get them smaller I could have an invisibility suit

[drakono @ Dec 31st 2007 11:19AM]

No, you would just have a suit that would display...you. Naked.

[shaun @ Dec 31st 2007 9:11AM]

Back to the drawing board it is

[RickyRik @ Dec 31st 2007 9:07AM]

This is the coolest thing i've seen in my entire life!!! WTF is it used for?

[blomster @ Dec 31st 2007 10:02AM]

What happens if you put it on something brown?

[Shunnabunich @ Dec 31st 2007 12:45PM]

People point and laugh at it, mistaking it for a Zune. :P

Also, is it just me, or was the device auto-switching colours before the guy could even push on it in the first part? (Or was it perhaps the way he was putting it down?)

[Jamie Marsden @ Dec 31st 2007 10:45AM]

To me, this is the sort of thing you see in a kid's "gadget shop", and serves absolutely no purpose beyond the first five minutes. It is unlikely to be bright enough to cast a light onto any surface, and so it's all a bit pointless really...

[sean @ Dec 31st 2007 1:37PM]

Exactly my thinking. It's one thing if it showed up in Instructables. But to assume there's a market for this?

[Bendy @ Dec 31st 2007 7:47PM]

Why? Just why?!