Kickstarter Spotlight - May 26, 2011

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An interesting one today

	HexBright, an Open Source Light
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Goal	$31,000
End Date	MONDAY JUL 18, 11:00PM EDT
Project Creator(s)	Christian Carlberg
Location	-
Minimum Pledge	$1
Description	Just about anywhere you can buy a cheap flashlight with a zillion unnecessary modes (high, med, low, slow blinky, fast blinky, SOS blinky... laser pointer too??). All garbage and the light will usually break on you. I made myself a light the way I wanted it; I picked the best available LED (a CREE XM-L!!!), a good rechargeable battery, built the electronics and programmed it with the only modes I wanted- high, low, and blinky. From necessity (also known as cheapness) I machined the body out of 1" aluminum hex bar stock and came up with a unique elegant look with a surprisingly very comfortable grip...