Fake window adds much needed light to bare walls

Another pretty simple day project. Affix some bright white LEDs to the inside of a venetian blind, add a timer switch, attach to a blank, empty wall in your house or apartment, and you instantly have a much psychologically larger living space. The "Bright Blind" by Makoto Hirahara will fool you into thinking that there might be a way out of your one room shack.
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Dec 8, 2007 08:45 AM
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| Posted by: Unomi on December 8, 2007 at 9:55 AM |
I already thought of this years ago, but hadn't the time (nor the energy) to make it.
My idea was even extended to use a controller. With RGB LED's you could mix any color. With a controller you could have the array of LED's dim on places and simulate a sunset or sunrise etc.
Cool to see someone made it to a real project.
- Unomi -
| Posted by: StGrimblefig on December 8, 2007 at 12:02 PM |
The text below the picture is misleading. The blinds in the picture use electroluminescent (EL) sheets, not LEDs. I think using LEDs would not look nearly as good, as they would give more uneven lighting. The EL sheets make it look almost real (in the picture, at least).
| Posted by: ocie_mitchell on December 8, 2007 at 3:06 PM |
It would look even better with some trim around the "window". The border would make it look even more real.
| Posted by: david on December 8, 2007 at 6:00 PM |
I had the same idea like Unomi about a year ago.
But I don't know enough electronics to know how to connect LEDs to a battery safely.
I wanted to have a timer and have the colors change so as to simulate the transition of light at sunrise.
But seriously, this idea is really really good and gets double points for simplicity.
I believe I am going to try to make one just like
this maker's one --- real simple and straight forward.
:)
| Posted by: Brad on December 8, 2007 at 10:50 PM |
This is totally awesome! I want one in every room of our converted attic. There are not nearly enough windows and this would be great.
Brad
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| Posted by: Dale A. Robertson on December 11, 2007 at 5:57 AM |
One couldplace a large transparency of say the Matterhorn over the sheet and instead of a dull venetian blind one could have a mountain view
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