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Giveaway is now closed! Thank you to everyone who submitted a disruptive flashlight idea!

And the winner is @Winged_Hussar Congratulations!! I will send you a DM to get the shipping details sorted out!

List of entries: cedled jewinthebag KingBoo Winged_Hussar BeerGeekington MashedPotatoJeff solrize Adair21 jerv rule1n2 [email protected]

Things on Lemmy are going great! I am enjoying seeing the posts and the expertise that folks are bringing to this site. To celebrate, I'm going to give away some AA/14500 battery holders and some TS10 diffusers!

As always, you can get these items from me or download them to 3D print them yourself!

What you can win:

  • (2) AA/14500 snap battery holders
  • (3) TS10 diffusers (Clear, Glow in the dark, Orange)

How to enter: Comment your most disruptive flashlight idea.

Here's my disruptive idea: Flashlight controlled by capacitive touch OLED screen. Swipe up for brighter and down for dimmer. Haptic feedback tells you cues (low batt, light turboed, stepdown, etc).

Rules:

  • Must be in USA
  • Giveaway is open from now until next Saturday, July 15th, 2023
  • 1 winner will be selected at random
  • Winner must have some kind of post history in /c/flashlight

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[–] Adair21 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Probably not very original but I'd love USB-C or Bluetooth programming paired with an app. These click sequences are getting out of hand.

[–] jewinthebag 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lololol. Getting carpal tunnel just from changing modes on a convoy.

[–] BeerGeekington 4 points 1 year ago

*laughs (cries) in h17fx mode swap

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

+1 on USB-C interface for programming and settings, plus app.

[–] Spicy3d 4 points 1 year ago

This is such an excellent idea! USB-C programming would be so cool!I would want to be an easy visual interface for programming for sure. Even something simple like boxes where you specify number of clicks/holds and the actions that they perform.

Didn't 4sevens make some Bluetooth controlled lights (or maybe prototypes) back in the day? Bluetooth control doesn't seem super ideal for my purposes, but programming over Bluetooth would be awesome.

[–] BeerGeekington 2 points 1 year ago

Agreed, but only if they use a proprietary hard or software that they eventually drop support for