Christmas Countdown 13; Christmas tree #13

Christmas Countdown 13; Christmas tree #13 - Techno Geek

Futuristic Christmas tree made from LEDS and bathroom pipes

Advent Blog Day 13: Techno geek
Today's blog post proves that techno geeks do indeed have a great time at Christmas...
Christmas trees created with advanced technology are spectacular... I know we have had LED and optic fibre trees for some time but I am amazed at some of these - from the humblest made from recycled CDs and computer parts....

CD tree

CD Christmas trees , China

Memory Boards tree

Computer parts tree

Computer geek tree

to the most innovative and advanced ...

Christmas tree of 43,000 LED lamps and 25,000 micro lights

Tree of projections on mirror balls

Pac man game tree

You might be in awe of this technology but if you have access to the technology at home, you can create your own little bit of technology magic with a 3D printed Christmas tree....

3D print trees

Link to video re: 3D printed trees.

If the technology is all too much for you, you can purchase some commercially produced techno trees. This LED masterpiece (below) depending on size ranges from $18,000 to $47,000- Sadly, not within the limits of my Christmas decorating budget ...

Wide angle conical LED tree

Although I have tried to include videos shorter than 3 minutes throughout this series, when interactivity and 3D mapping come together, the result is truly awesome - be mesmerised for 5 minutes. Please take the time, it's worth the experience.

After this high powered post, let's get back to nature tomorrow. Same time, same place - already half way through Advent!
( Note;:All image sources are linked within the caption titles)

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