Violet announces dal:dal internet-connected lamp

It's an expectedly cryptic announcement, but it looks like the whimsical folks at Violet have finally seen fit to offer a follow-up to their original and less-than-affordable dal internet-connected lamp, with the all new dal:dal lamp apparently on track for a release early next year. As before, the lamp will change colors to relay different information, or, as Violet puts it, convert the "world's ebb & flow and endless stream of events into halos of living colours and audio micro-messages." No exact release date just yet but, according to GeekLifeBlog, it'll set you back €59, or about $75.

[Via GeekLifeBlog]

[carbonrain @ Dec 4th 2008 1:54PM]

i didn't know pokeballs could change colour

[Patriks7 @ Dec 4th 2008 2:33PM]

Gotta have 'em in all colors!

[Freestyle Farfetchd @ Dec 4th 2008 2:40PM]

If you'd been paying attention... they infact did in the G/S/C games.

[loki @ Dec 4th 2008 1:55PM]

looks like a knock off of the mathmos orb.

[Nate @ Dec 4th 2008 2:07PM]

...or the 3 shells from that one movie.

[macserv @ Dec 4th 2008 3:52PM]

Actually, it seems more like a knock-off of the Ambient Orb:
http://ambientdevices.com/cat/orb/orborder.html

[rock99rock @ Dec 4th 2008 1:57PM]

How about i charge $20 for a USB led that lights up when there is hard drive activity. No? Didn't think so.

[Madness!! @ Dec 4th 2008 1:59PM]

They look so cool! It'd be better if they were more colourful or something though (Is that possible??) real expensive though yeah?

[joe23521 @ Dec 4th 2008 2:02PM]

These do what now?

[boortix @ Dec 4th 2008 2:03PM]

where's the indian food?

[Lowest Ranked @ Dec 4th 2008 2:10PM]

Wrong. Site.

[boortix @ Dec 4th 2008 4:08PM]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dal

[y3k.nik @ Dec 4th 2008 2:03PM]

Just looking at those lamps make me think I have been smoking something...

[BlurMagic @ Dec 4th 2008 2:05PM]

Its like Disney's Epcot Center on my desk!!! AMAZING!

[OneLove @ Dec 4th 2008 2:08PM]

If this could indicate how fast my internet connection is in real time with green, red and yellow it would be great.

Ever since they comcast upgraded their systems docsis 3.0 they tell me I have a 12mb (16mb with speed boost) connection, but now my internet connection keeps dropping between 4mb and 12mb...so annoying!

(but me and my type 100 I still own you in COD5)

[Patriks7 @ Dec 4th 2008 2:29PM]

You're annoying with 4mb/s connection?! I have 400kb/s, imagine what it must be for me!

[OneLove @ Dec 4th 2008 3:52PM]

My bad.

mb = Mbps fail. :)

[Steph @ Dec 4th 2008 2:09PM]

I'im really impatient to test it !!!! Thanks for the BL team !

http://geeklifeblog.com

[Fusion Fuzo 05 - Mr Professional @ Dec 4th 2008 2:15PM]

NICE

[Patriks7 @ Dec 4th 2008 2:32PM]

"Fusion Fuzo 05 - Mr Professional @ Dec 3rd 2008 2:47PM
People on this site are so evil and rude, Im going and not coming back

Fusion Fuzo Signing Out


Professional
Fusion Fuzo"

Back already?
BTW, it's so unprofessional to put your "name" AND write professional above it after your comment.. we can already see your wannabe name above your comment..

[f00fighter @ Dec 4th 2008 2:21PM]

This looks like a variation of the Ambient Orb from Ambient Devices. The Orb has been around since at least 2004. How is this different?

http://www.ambientdevices.com/cat/orb/orborder.html

[Kit @ Dec 4th 2008 3:37PM]

Well, they're expected to be half the price, for one thing, while including new features (sound cues). I love the idea of the Ambient Orb, but the cost has kept me away, and IIRC, they've never budged on that. haven't they always been $150?

[k20878 @ Dec 4th 2008 2:39PM]

Unfortunate name. Happens to be a slang for masturbation in Korean.

[StalematE @ Dec 4th 2008 2:55PM]

I didn't want these, but now I do.

[Paulmichael @ Dec 4th 2008 3:05PM]

Well now they're even sexier Pokéballs!

[plaka999 @ Dec 4th 2008 3:31PM]

wow - did they really just ripoff Ambient Device's Orbs? 5 years too late?

[Rick @ Dec 4th 2008 5:10PM]

Where's the most craptastic item poll? I didn't see it under the post??

[3devious @ Dec 5th 2008 3:49AM]

You'd think that with the clusterf- that was the Nabaztag, they would manage to promise a little less than that. I would be surprised if the thing even lit up.