Article 2NADF Chess with wireless, glowing nixie tubes

Chess with wireless, glowing nixie tubes

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Cory Doctorow
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Lasermad's Nixie Chessboards take 8-10 weeks to hand build, during which time each of the chess pieces is painstakingly built around a vintage nixie tube scavenged from the world's dwindling supply, and the board is prepared with the wireless induction coils that power the pieces when they're set on the board, lighting them up. (via Red Ferret) (more")

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