Fibre-optics by the dozen

Just after the 'banana' incident today, I came across another shop selling stuff from China and then I had a closer look at one of the shelves. It had a lot of lighting decoration from glowsticks to LEDs to yep, fibre-optics. I am not sure of they're the real deal but then again, being that cheap, I don't think they're actual fibre-optics. But when I switched on the test unit, the light output from the LED to the fibre was quite good.....

And so, I had to buy a dozen of them since buying one
was like being halfway. They can't let me buy just the
fibre optics alone but it must come with a set even if I
traded for two bags of fibre-optics. Silly buggers! The
12 LEDs alone would cost more than the fibre-optics.
or am I wrong this time? No matter, I was RM22.80
poorer.

There was another design which is actually
a flower pot but with better battery design
and some glittering decor inside. However,
I am not going to pay double the price.

This is the circuit which makes it work. Underneath
is a programmed microprocessor which controls the
three red, green and blue LEDs and it gives a very
different lighting pattern at the touch of a button.
This is very unique because in the olden days, they
would use a motor to slowly spin a multicolored disk
and the effect of each fibre optic strand changing colour
is amazing. The three LEDs here have their own very
special charm too.

Each fibre-optic is about less than 0.4mm. And the
white area is pre-cut to help spread the light better

The other end of the fibre-optics are held in place
by this plastic piece. Which is good as it won't go
all over the place.

And there you have it. The fibre-optic and its base.
The strand is about 1inch shy of one feet.

OK, I just found out that my Nikon D50
has very little battery left and so, I have
to take them as fast as I can and please
excuse the mistakes such as this shot
when I forgot to turn off the fan.

The three LEDs shines in different
area and so, the fibre-optics have
different spread of colours.

Let's see from another angle....

You won't understand what I mean
until you see this shot. each LED is
shining at a different area or in other
words, each LED has their own sweet
spot.

So, I can't wait for Moebius's Battlestar Galactica model kit........