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LED "Swimmies"

What happens when you cross an LED Throwie with a Koi fish? You get LED Swimmies, a.k.a. Lightfish. Basically they're just a Throwie sealed inside of a colored plastic fish. Artist Karl Klar did an installation of 500 of these Swimmies (which don't actually move) in the pond outside of the new Ars Electronica Center being built in Linz, Austria. Visitors to the site were given fishing poles with magnets on them to "catch" a souvenir to take home. These would be cool to put in a home pond or pool for a nighttime backyard party.

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Posted by: wurx on September 21, 2007 at 5:11 AM

"What happens when you cross an LED Throwie with a Koi fish?"

Answer: An environmental disaster.

Love the idea of throwies, but I hate the environmental impact. Think before you throw....such a waste.

Posted by: cavalaxis on September 21, 2007 at 10:13 AM

Do you remember those tub-side insta-jacuzzi things? It was basically a pump that you hang on the side of the tub? You could use one of those to add a current to a pool for a party!

Posted by: Sally599 on September 21, 2007 at 12:39 PM

They make these in rubber ducky shape too, 3 LED colors flash in a sequence.---3 ducks for $5, cheaper than you could make them at the local grocery store.

Posted by: samurai1200 on September 21, 2007 at 8:17 PM

damn hippies...

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