Ahh a blast from my gadget past, 3 years back now I think I picked up one of these Laserpod’s (not from thinkgeek however, the place I bought mine from has since closed down.) A nice futuristic light source consisting of blue and uv leds, a reflector, a plastic faceted sphere, a motor, and some lasers. A bit like a trippy planetarium but with less light points and a blue background. When I got the box however, a well designed box at that, I knew id quite likely like whats inside. Very plain box that is, white all over, bar a fluro orange trim on the edges and Laserpod written on the front. Nice and simple, not trying to convince you to buy with fancy words and flashy pictures.
Within the box were an AC adaptor, 2 plastic dome covers, a textured glass disc and the laserpod itself, a sleek metal cylinder with a button on the front and a powerjack on the back. And unfortunatly detracting from its appearence, the laser safety sticker maring its simplicity, why it could not be put on the bottom I do not know. But none the less I plugged it in and put one of the plastic domes ontop of it to get a lavalamp like and turned it on and well, I was quite impressed. It didnt take long before the cover was removed and I was laying on the floor staring at the patterns on the ceiling. Many a night was spent drinking with just this as illuminiation at is very relaxing and easy on the eyes. Unfortunatly however, its a bit repetitive with zero chaos involved. Unlike the lava lamp who now gets more use as the laserpod sits around waiting for an occasion to be projected.
September 11th, 2008 | Uncategorized