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I will be in San Francisco this Monday afternoon, and am looking to meet up with some local hackers interested in having a look into the future of light. Arkalu

by lowkey 18y ago

I will be in San Francisco this Monday afternoon, and am looking to meet up with some local hackers interested in having a look into the future of light. Arkalumen is a bootstrapped startup founded by an exceptional electrical engineer and hardware hacker (no, not me). I am in town for a cleantech conference and would love to meet up with some interesting folks. Anyone interested? FYI, there isn't much info on our very basic website as we have been in stealth mode. For more information, here is a link to a brief describing our technology and it's applications: http://www.scribd.com/full/13501981?access_key=key-tdquqebl0asgxu7fzcr http://www.scribd.com/full/13501981?access_key=key-tdquqebl0... There is also a video demo of our lamp in action available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4GnC_1LbsE&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4GnC_1LbsE&feature=playe... (Our light is featured at 5/7min into the video)

weaksauce 18y ago
Looks interesting. There is still a lot of space in this field for some people to disrupt the market. Do you know if they fixed the noticeable flickering that makes the LED Christmas lights I have unusable? If they did I think I am on board.
- lowkey 18y ago
  I am not sure I know enough about your LED Christmas lights to be helpful, but we are working with newer (and orders of magnitude brighter) lighting-class LEDs which are not really the same thing. Our startup's core technology resides in low-cost embedded intelligence, and multi-channel control of high-power LEDs.
  - weaksauce 18y ago
    Interesting... The LED's that I have flicker more noticeably than a cheap florescent fixture.
rdouble 18y ago
I'd be interested in a demo if you manage to round up a crew of people. If you're around for a while, or plan on coming back, you might get a better response doing a demo down at Tech Shop. http://www.techshop.ws http://www.techshop.ws There are more hardware hackers down in the valley than there are in The City.
- lowkey 18y ago
  This is a very short trip I'm afraid, and short notice too. I will be in San Francisco on Monday afternoon Sunnyvale all day Wednesday. If I get enough response I can arrange a meetup in either location.

by lowkey 18y ago

weaksauce 18y ago

Looks interesting. There is still a lot of space in this field for some people to disrupt the market. Do you know if they fixed the noticeable flickering that makes the LED Christmas lights I have unusable? If they did I think I am on board.

lowkey 18y ago
I am not sure I know enough about your LED Christmas lights to be helpful, but we are working with newer (and orders of magnitude brighter) lighting-class LEDs which are not really the same thing. Our startup's core technology resides in low-cost embedded intelligence, and multi-channel control of high-power LEDs.
- weaksauce 18y ago
  Interesting... The LED's that I have flicker more noticeably than a cheap florescent fixture.

rdouble 18y ago

I'd be interested in a demo if you manage to round up a crew of people. If you're around for a while, or plan on coming back, you might get a better response doing a demo down at Tech Shop. http://www.techshop.ws http://www.techshop.ws There are more hardware hackers down in the valley than there are in The City.

lowkey 18y ago
This is a very short trip I'm afraid, and short notice too. I will be in San Francisco on Monday afternoon Sunnyvale all day Wednesday. If I get enough response I can arrange a meetup in either location.