Comments on: WineM lights, a BlinkM predecessor

By: todbot

todbot — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:21:30 +0000

Hi Jenni,
WineM was only ever a prototype. It never went into production, so we never fully explored how to solve the refrigerated cabinet. We were talking with cabinet makers on ways to retrofit WineM capability into their cabinets.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:13:39 +0000

I want, I want, where can I get the WineM? The only thing missing is to have this in a refrigerated cabinet. However if the light is on the bottle itself, it could work with the cooler I have, correct?

By: todbot

todbot — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:17:48 +0000

Hi Ross,
You got it. Well, almost. WineM came before BlinkM, and I designed a custom wine-sized LED board for WineM. It contains the same guts as a BlinkM, but has four RGB LEDs instead of just the one.

By: Ross

Ross — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:57:54 +0000

I was wondering if each of the slots were colored by only one of the BlinkMs?

By: steve cooley

steve cooley — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:49:47 +0000

I *seriously* doubt that anything malicious has happened here. Tod’s reputation is very very good, and with good reason.

By: todbot

todbot — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:19:01 +0000

Hi Matt,
When did you order the BlinkMs and from which distributor? They should offer you a refund for out-of-stock items. We’re not set up to sell BlinkMs direct to consumers, so we don’t. Most of our BlinkMs were sold through Sparkfun, and they’re very responsive. We were caught off-guard by the popularity of BlinkMs and are hurrying to get the next batch ready. We hope to have them in our distributor’s hands by end of April. Let me know if you need help talking with the distributor you purchased the BlinkMs from.

By: Matt Bates

Matt Bates — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:13:24 +0000

I ordered four BlinkMs and haven’t seen SQUAT!!!

Just another RIP OFF company (take your money and evaporate