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Slideshow: Rambus lights up GuitarMania
Junko Yoshida
5/27/2012 6:32 PM EDT
Irresistible blue glow
Rambus engineers distributed the light from 280 LEDs over the guitar's surface with a combination of the company’s lighting technologies known as MicroLens and edge-lit design.
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kinnar
5/28/2012 3:57 PM EDT
It is great designs, with equal illumination of the lights from led behind the screen. But this giant company is going to use this great invention for illuminating Guitars only? They should look forward towards increasing the affordability of the LED backlit LCDs.
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junko.yoshida
5/28/2012 6:28 PM EDT
Hi, Kinnar. I am sorry that I didn't make it clear in the story. The Rambus engineers in Brecksville normally make LED technologies for back-lit displays for laptops and advance lighting fixtures.
As you may recall, GE Lighting, a unit of the General Electric Company's appliances and lighting business, has a licensing agreement with Rambus for the use of Rambus' lighting patents, reference designs and manufacturing process know-how.
So, this guitar stunt is for charity purposes. Rambus is well into the LED business.
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rpcy
5/29/2012 5:19 PM EDT
Rambus, you've convinced me. What the world needs is an electric guitar, the entire face of which is an iPad-like display device, under control of a computer that can hear the music being played. In a dark music hall, that would be spectacular!
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