Tag: CHRISTMASLIGHTS

Switched loves public art. Not only is it an interesting way to get the common citizen involved with space, but by blowing installations up into a large scale, technology often finds itself getting the strangest -- but most innovative -- applications. Think Jenny Holzer's projections or Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's Web-enabled interactive pieces; the spaces these projects inhabit are not only changed ...

Share Clark Griswold's power-sapping, aircraft-guiding Christmas light extravaganza once represented the pinnacle of overzealous Holiday displays. The last few seasons have witnessed an evolution of progressively elaborate home illuminations, though, including one brilliant and blinding arrangement from Delaware's Faucher family. The Fauchers have apparently adhered to a Griswold-style ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. All around the world, the crumbling box full of Christmas lights gets pulled down from the attic every year. Jim On Light takes a look at the odd history and evolution ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2009/12/14/garage-gets-decorated-with-guitar-hero-made-from-christmas-lig/'; A few years ago, this guy dazzled us (and nearly sent us into a seizure) with his musically-synced Christmas wonderland. For '09 Ric Turner, a former "imagineer" for Disney and special affects aficionado, raised the Christmas ante to another level. He transformed his entire house ...