EOTR’s Technical Terms:
c D–Light™s
Totally fun, funky new customisable LED lights. c D–Light™ stands for lots of things. Like “CD (compact disk) Light” because they’re lights in a CD case. Like “c (see) D–Light (DeLight)” because they’re delightful to look at, or “c (cool) D (Designer) Lights because they’re awesome Lights that you can customise to suit your own designer tastes. And even like “c (see) D (the) Light because they’re as bright as traffic lights so you can see them really really far away, even on the darkest night. Totally “must have", everybody’s getting one!
TRIP’N Lights
Terrific Rainbow–coloured Instant Portable Night Lights. The budget c D–Light™. Made with the same kind of ultra–bright LED’s as a c D–Light™, these TRIP’N Lights are more economically priced just because they have a few less LED’s (so you can run them off four AA sized batteries.) and because the on–off switch is on the battery pack rather than on the front of the TRIP’N Light. Totally compatible with the customisable c D–Light™ range, TRIP’N Lights are the “Trippy–est” trendz in town.
SMS
The Small Message Screen c D–Light™. This is a glow–in–the–dark ultra–budget model for Kidz just starting their own c D–Light™ collection. Totally compatible with the customisable c D–Light™ and TRIP’N Light ranges, SMS have everything that a c D–Light™ or a TRIP’N Light has — EXCEPT for the LEDs and the power source. That’s because without lights SMS don’t need a power source. What they do have instead are special acrylic (plastic) tabs that are glued into the SMS case, to make sure your favourite Moods Inscape and Foundation Essentials don’t slip around. Super ultra–budget alternatives…
Moods Inscape
Moods Inscapes™ are the pictures, tags, logos and images that go inside your c D–Light™ and get lit up. There are a couple of different kinds of Moods Inscape.
Glow Art™
A special kind of Moods Inscape that’s made of crystal clear acrylic (plastic). To make up the Glow Art™ image, a special computerised laser engraver leaves white marks on the acrylic where the image is meant to be. And when light shines through the acrylic, these white marks trap the light to make your Glow Art™ “Glow".
Bright Light Messaging
Bright Light Messaging or BLM™’s are another type of Moods Inscape. This type of Moods Inscape is made up of an opaque material which has had holes cut out, like a stencil. Usually the opaque material looks expensive and rich, like Brushed Silver. Or Brushed Gold. The holes make up an image. And when the light shines through the holes, the whole image shines .
Messages On the Move
The Messages On the Move or MOM™ is a third type of Moods Inscape. This kind is made up of two transparent (see–through) layers of thin plastic film with two layers of special printing stuck on the inside.MOMs can be either coloured, monochrome (black and white) or negative.
Foundation Essentials
Foundation Essentials are made from either a special type of heavyweight card, quality polymer sheeting (a special kind of thin plastic) or plastic film with vinyl decals on it. They are flat and rectangular, and they hide the electronics and the circuit board in your c D–Light™. You can change your Foundation Essentials whenever you want to give your c D–Light™ a face–lift and make it look different. But more importantly Foundation Essentials come in pretty colours and in shiny finishes like Brushed Gold and Holographic. So they look spectacular when the light bounces off them. We LOVE pretty colours and shiny stuff. We LOVE Foundation Essentials…
Power Sources
My Mum used to call electricity “Mr Shocko". She always told me how he disguised himself in lots of different ways — batteries, the power point, a plug pack or transformer, the bit in the car where Dad used to light his cigarettes or charge up his mobile phone. Now I know that was her way of telling me about electricity and the different ways it can be stored. Power Sources are Mr Shocko — they’re the different way of storing electricity that you can use to light up your c D–Light™.
Elektr*Light™
The Elektr*Light™ power source is a battery pack made specially for your c D–Light™. It’s in a CD case, just like your c D–Light™ is and it contains NiMH (Nickel Metal Hydride) rechargeable batteries. They’re the same kind of batteries they use in mobile phones. Elektr*Light™ is pronounced like “ElectroLight” and got its name because it provides electricity to light.
Elektr»Light™
The Elektr»Light™ power source is specially made to connect your c D–Light™ or your Elektr*Light™ battery pack to the electricity that comes from the power point in the wall. There are lots of generic names for the types of power sources that do this kind of thing — transformer, power pack, plug pack, adapter and a few other less well known names. But they all do the same thing. They transform electricity from one voltage or current to a different voltage or current. Like changing it from 240 Volts or 220 Volts AC mains power to 12 Volts DC power, which is what your c D–Light™ runs on and your Elektr*Light™ battery pack gets recharged with. Elektr»Light™ is pronounced like “Electr–Light” and got its name because it provides electricity to light.
The Umbilical Cord
This is EOTR’s third type of specialised power source for the c D–Light™. It is basically a long lead that connects the c D–Light™ or Elektr*Light™ battery pack to the electricity that comes from the car battery. Most of the time, this connection happens via the car accessory plug. The Umbilical Cord provides the power your c D–Light™ runs on and your Elektr*Light™ battery pack gets recharged with.
Battery Pack
Battery Pack is the name given to a power source which has batteries in it. The Elektr*Light™ is a special battery pack that connects to the back of the c D–Light™. The TRIP’N Light battery pack is a plastic holder for four AA sized batteries that connects to the back of the TRIP’N Light. Battery packs. Battery packs and the batteries they contain provide the power to light up your c D–Light™ and TRIP’N Light.
Batteries
Batteries are basically like little power stations. They provide the power to make things run. There are lots of different types of batteries available, but most of them are like chemical power stations. They change energy trapped in chemical bonds to electrical energy. Most of the time this change can’t be reversed easily and the batteries are no good once most of the chemical bonds have been broken and the original chemicals made into new different chemicals. However, rechargeable batteries can have this process reversed — the new chemicals are changed back to the original chemicals when the battery is recharged and the battery is made good and can be used again and again.
Travel Wallet
The c D–Light™ Travel Wallet is a soft protective case. It has lots of pockets for holding your different Moods Inscapes™ and Foundation Essentials so that you’ve always got choices, wherever you go. The pockets also fit normal CD’s — slip a few disks in and carry your favourite music or data around with you at the same time. The Travel Wallet’s simple to use too. With a zipper and a convenient open–out middle section, it can be used to carry around all the important stuff including your c D–Light™ when its not in use, to protect it from scratches and knocks and as a handy travelling case for when you’re on the move…
Stand
This one’s sort of self–explanatory. A stand is a support that helps you stand something up in a stable way. It’s something which stops something else from falling over. Like a plate stand or the stand on the back of a picture frame. There are a few different types of c D–Light™ stand, but all of them are designed to hold your c D–Light™ safely and stop it from tipping over when you place it on a shelf, a desk or other flat surface. Very nifty.
Protective Cover
Like a dust jacket on an old LP or SP record, the protective cover of your c D–Light™ avoids dust from getting into your c D–Light™. It’s not perfectly sealed, so its not totally dust–proof and its not waterproof, but your protective cover does a good job at slowing down the dust crust.
Science and Technology Terms:
AC
Alternating Current. This is when the current swaps from a positive value to a negative value and back again. The abbreviation for alternating current is AC.
Car accessory plug
The car accessory plug is usually found somewhere in the car’s dashboard. Some other names for it include car jack or cigarette lighter plug. That’s because the car accessory plug predominantly used to be a cigarette lighter in most cars until smoking got unfashionable. Now it is used mainly as a connection to the car battery so that things which get plugged into this car jack can get some power from the car battery.
Chemical bonds
Chemical bonds are forces that hold atoms and molecules together to form a substance. Like sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl) bonding to make sodium chloride (NaCl) or table salt. And hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) bonding together to make water (H2O). Metal atoms bonding together to make up that metal. Like Platinum. Chemical reactions occur when the original chemical bonds break and new checmical bonds form with different combinations of atoms and molecules. This is the kind of reaction that takes place in batteries.
Circuit
A complete path or closed loop for an electric current to travel around, along with all the conductors, resistors and orher components that form the closed path. A circuit is normally fixed to a circuit board.
Circuit Board
A special kind of board which has tracks (usually copper) for soldering on the conductors, resistors and other components that will form a circuit.
Current
A flow of electrically charged particles. Generally this means the measure of electron flow because electrons are negatively charged electrical particles and are more likely to flow than positively charged particles. The more electrons that flow, the higher the current is. Current normally flows in a circuit, but sometimes it can jump and flow in other ways too. Lightning is an example of electron flow. So are sparks from a car’s spark plugs. And those zaps you sometimes get from friends with rubber–soled shoes. Or from the Van Der Waals generator Professor Purple People Eater likes to play with…
DC
Direct Current. This is where the current is a steady value. The abbreviation for direct current is DC.
Electronics
This is the study of electrons, electron behaviour and electron movement. By using this knowledge, computers, circuits and other devices have been created using components such as transistors and microchips that control and direct electric current and make things happen in a particular way.
Energy
Power that comes from chemical or physical resources. This power can provide light and heat or it can make machines work.
LED
LED is the short way of saying Light Emitting Diode. LEDs are special kinds of electronic components called semi–conductors which glow when a voltage is applied. Compared to other forms of lighting, LEDs are super–efficient in changing the power from electrical energy to light energy.
Mains Power
Mains is the principal electricity cable or electricity supply. Mains power is the power that this principal electricity cable supplies. Different countries have different values for their mains power. In Australia it is 240 Volts, in the US, Europe and the UK it is 220 Volts. The easiest way to access the mains power is to plug into it from a wall power point. Mains power can be very dangerous and lead to electric shock, electrocution or death. Only plug appliances which have been approved for use with mains power in the wall power point. And always check to make sure the cords and plugs have not been damaged before you use them.
NiMH
NiMH stands for Nickel Metal Hydride. This is a particular type of chemical used to make batteries. It contains a large amount of the chemical element nickel (Ni). Nickel is silvery white, metallic, and looks a bit like iron.
Voltage
This is a measure of the amount of electromotive (electron–moving) force that something has or could potentially have., or the minimum amount of force a device needs to run. Voltage is measured in Volts.
English Terms:
Budget
Inexpensive.
Decals
Decals are stickers or adhesive films which are stuck onto something else (a substrate). Decals can have a printed design on them. Sometimes they’re plain. And when lots of decals are used together, the shape of the decals can become an important part of the design.
Generic
Not specific. Generic things all belong in the same group and are common.
Monochrome
“Mono” means one and “chrome” means colour, so monochrome basically means one colour only. However this colour can be represented in different tones. Tones are shades of the same colour mixed with different amounts of black or white — light pink, dark pink red and dark red are all tones of the same basic red colour. Usually, monochrome means black and white (and shades of grey).
Negative
A reversed image. In a reversed image the light and shade or colours have been swapped around from the original to their opposite on the colour wheel, so what was white becomes black, what was red becomes green and so on… Negative Moods Inscapes™ are mainly black, with clear transparent sections left for the LED light to travel through.
Opaque
Not see–through. Opaque objects block light from travelling through them. Because of this, any light bouncing off things behing the opaque surface gets stopped from going through the opaque object. Because the bounced light cannot enter our eyes, we can’t see the things the light bounced off.
Transparent
See through. Things which are transparent let light go through them, so you can see what is behind them.
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