Comments on: All gathered around an ambient penguin http://eightbar.co.uk/2006/03/08/all-gathered-around-an-ambient-penguin/ Raising The Eight Bar Thu, 10 May 2012 17:04:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3 By: eightbar » Blog Archive » Ambient Orbs, Rabbits, Penguins and the Availabot http://eightbar.co.uk/2006/03/08/all-gathered-around-an-ambient-penguin/comment-page-1/#comment-4045 Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:27:45 +0000 http://eightbar.co.uk/?p=53#comment-4045 […] Eightbar has previously reported on the innovation project of a friend and colleague who is responsible for a wireless ambient penguin (see the a description and video). Using bi-colour LEDs, this ‘Wallace And Gromit’ inspired creation keeps track of our manager’s instant messaging status (off for online, green for active and red for away). […]

]]> By: Darren http://eightbar.co.uk/2006/03/08/all-gathered-around-an-ambient-penguin/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Thu, 09 Mar 2006 12:56:48 +0000 http://eightbar.co.uk/?p=53#comment-63 I’ll try and get a video online soon, it’s pretty cool.

Dave is great and coming up with funky, often home made, prototypes for the lab. He isn’t quite complete without a soldering iron or a drill, I don’t think IBM health and safety have seen anything like it. We’re always on a budget but I think that ends up adding to his inventions’ appeal.

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