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I took mine apart mid-show to figure out how it's doing it's thing. Brilliantly applied tech, but I couldn't help but think of the e-waste from those fans who d

I took mine apart mid-show to figure out how it's doing it's thing. Brilliantly applied tech, but I couldn't help but think of the e-waste from those fans who don't cherish something like this enough to keep as a memento. Edit: seeing others commenting on sustainability and pointing towards their website. Fair enough. Good experience had and it's not the worst. https://pixmob.com/sustainability https://pixmob.com/sustainability

guappa 2y ago
The 1st thing i thought when I opened the article: "what a useless mass production of garbage"
- diydsp 2y ago
  I contracted for them a number of years ago... probably one of their biggest early shows for Arcade Fire... to address sustainability at the time, they had a microphone inside their devices. At the end of the show, they sent a special command that switched it over into "color organ" mode so you could hold it up to your stereo at home and see a trippy light show! (I wrote the audio-to-trippy rgb led code). It was cool, but even better they're re-using them now. It is a great little company in a huge old industrial factory in Montreal. Hi, Vincent!
  - phkahler 2y ago
    >> At the end of the show, they sent a special command that switched it over into "color organ" mode so you could hold it up to your stereo at home and see a trippy light show! That is one of the most awesome things I've read - a company making an attempt at increasing the usefulness of the product after it serves their intended purpose. Such a sharp contrast to the norm of bricking things that might be useful to people just because the company in no longer interested.
  - vinlc 2y ago
    Yesssssss! Good times and sleepless nights :) Hi Noah <3
- brenns10 2y ago
  At the end of the show there are boxes to return the wristband so it can be reused/recycled. The vast majority return them, except a small portion who may keep it as a souvenir or to tear it down.
xpe 2y ago
It seems plausible that some combination of the following would reduce waste considerably: (i) a donation box at the exit; (ii) a trade-in station offering $2* or a bottle of water. * I don't know if $2 is close to reasonable.

guappa 2y ago

The 1st thing i thought when I opened the article: "what a useless mass production of garbage"

diydsp 2y ago
I contracted for them a number of years ago... probably one of their biggest early shows for Arcade Fire... to address sustainability at the time, they had a microphone inside their devices. At the end of the show, they sent a special command that switched it over into "color organ" mode so you could hold it up to your stereo at home and see a trippy light show! (I wrote the audio-to-trippy rgb led code). It was cool, but even better they're re-using them now. It is a great little company in a huge old industrial factory in Montreal. Hi, Vincent!
- phkahler 2y ago
  >> At the end of the show, they sent a special command that switched it over into "color organ" mode so you could hold it up to your stereo at home and see a trippy light show! That is one of the most awesome things I've read - a company making an attempt at increasing the usefulness of the product after it serves their intended purpose. Such a sharp contrast to the norm of bricking things that might be useful to people just because the company in no longer interested.
- vinlc 2y ago
  Yesssssss! Good times and sleepless nights :) Hi Noah <3
brenns10 2y ago
At the end of the show there are boxes to return the wristband so it can be reused/recycled. The vast majority return them, except a small portion who may keep it as a souvenir or to tear it down.

xpe 2y ago

It seems plausible that some combination of the following would reduce waste considerably: (i) a donation box at the exit; (ii) a trade-in station offering $2* or a bottle of water. * I don't know if $2 is close to reasonable.