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From: Jasper Wallace <jas...@pointless.net>
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On Tue, 6 Nov 2012, Jasper Wallace wrote:

> On Mon, 5 Nov 2012, Jasper Wallace wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 5 Nov 2012, Mike Harrison wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > After an installation, we will have approx 1 kilometer of orange LED tape - the flexi stick-down
> > > type. enclosed in  a square silicone tube (removable), in lengths from 1.5 to 2.5m. 24 volt. 
> > > I think the backing is still on the sticky, so can be re-stuck if removed from the silicone tube. 
> > > 
> > > This is attatched to aluminium panels which are being scrapped tomorrow (tues)
> > > 
> > > If some people (two vehicles max) can come to  a location near the southern end of the Blackwall
> > > tunnel, tomorrow morning before 1PM (finish), they can have as much of it as they can physicaly
> > > remove - it is held on with a few cable ties and slicone - after the ties are cut they can be peeled
> > > off, butthe silicone tubing may not survive well. 
> > > 
> > > 2-3 people with sidecutters can probably do the lot in a couple of hours. We'd prefer it all to go
> > > if possible. 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > contact me directly today if this is of interest. 
> > > m...@whiteing.co.uk
> > 
> > I don't have transport other than a bike but can probably fill up a 
> > backpack. Do you have an exact location?
> 
> We got roughly 1/4 to 1/3 of the strips, they are in a box in the space.
> 
> I've added this as a project idea to Fab Fridays:
> 
> Make at least 6 * large starburst displays[1] from the orange led strips 
> so we can have one in each of the windows to make a scrolling sign thats 
> visible from the overground.
> 
> [1]aka 14 or 16 segment display:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteen-segment_display

LHS wiki page with more info:

http://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/view/Orange_led_strips

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