Guaranteed to garner head turns with eac raise of the wrist, the Storm Faze LED Watch rocks a unique dot-matrix LED display behind a plastic lens, and for sure favors the childhood favorite bright lite. Featuring a stainless steel case and band, the Storm Faze is water resistant up to 50 meters. Now available in red, slate and silver versions from STORM London for £119.99, one more example below…

And whats a better way of achieving that then broadcasting your location via bight LEDs to the world? But of course this Yanko concept isn’t that simple. As the droplets hit the surface, potential energy from raindrops collide onto the conductive membrane entitled PDVF, which in turn creates electrical energy to power the embedded LEDs. The heavier the rain, the brighter your Umbella shines to assist your vision at night… A few more examples below.

Yea it looks cool, and definitely brings to light a painful past. So if you don’t mind being reminded of worst times, or if you want to add some extra webbing to the Liver Pool Spider Sculpture, look no further.

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The Scope 2 RGB LED watch is one of the illest, and possibly one of the most difficult time-telling devices we’ve seen thus far. Varying on which model it is, green or red horizontal lines tell hours, while a contrasting color crosshair relays the current five-minute interval. And then you’ve got individual minutes as dot clusters off to the side and down below. You’ll be completely off in your time-telling until you get proficient enough to use the Scope 2 Watch effectively, but truth be told you’ll look so good during the process, you won’t care.

The giant spider sculpture you see above was designed for the Liverpool Bienniale by the artist/architect/curator/blogger Ai Weiwei. The actual webbing is constructed out of steel cables, while the spider itself is a crystal studded with white LEDs. LEDs have also been strung all along the cables to resemble dew drops on the web, and the word is it even favors the real thing when the sun is out.

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If you weren’t aware, LEDs are on their way out. OLED = organic light emitting diodes, are on their way in, and you can bet you’ll see more and more timepieces starting to rock them, such as the The Infinity Watch. Featuring an extremely visible luminescent blue/white OLED screen, it’s waterproof to 3 ATM, and features a durable mineral crystal face to protect the fragile organic crystal display. The watch supplies dual time zones as well as dual alarms, and if you aren’t digging the white, there’s also a variant with a black wristband to boot. Catch a couple extra examples after the cut.

Your probably thinking LEDs, Wifi.. What the hell do those have in common? Well if group of researchers at Boston University accomplish what they intend to, Light-emitting diodes won’t just be used for just lights in the future. If all goes according to plans, LEDs be able to be used as WiFi “access points”.

The group is being funded by the US National Science Foundation with a $18.5 million grant, so you can believe folks are rather enthusiastic about this new technology. And with 10 megabyte per second connections due to the speed of light, and the energy efficiency of the itty bitty light blubs, can you blame them?

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Utilizing a Canon Rebel DSLR, a green LED keychain, and his own composition, San Diego native Ryan Cashman conjured up a pretty entertaining stop-motion. Check it out after the break, and its done by setting the exposure to 20-30 seconds, drawing the LED piano player, then stringing all the photos together in Adobe After Effects.