About our products

ThingM designs and manufactures high quality, extremely usable digital devices using cutting-edge techniques and approaches. We start with what people need, and then work backwards until we create technical solutions that are robust, easily understood, and a pleasure to own and use. We bring traditional craftsmanship to the world of modern technology.

BlinkM Smart LEDs

Our smart LED products make prototyping, experimenting, and hacking with light easier than ever. BlinkMs can glow almost any color and can blink and fade in virtually any pattern. Pick a color, fade between two colors, or make a crazy blinking sequence with our open source software, then just drop it into your project and go! Once programmed, BlinkMs can be detached from its programming interface and work standalone. They require no knowledge of programming or electronics.

We offer three BlinkM models, and a USB programmer/controller, the LinkM.

• Basic BlinkMs are ultra-bright wide angle smart LEDs. It can put a bright spot of any color in just about any project.
• BlinkM MaxMs are smart LEDs that are more than 1000 times as bright as a standard LED. They put bright spots of color anywhere, and can control long chains of LEDs, such as found in LED strips or rope.
• BlinkM MinMsare tiny smart LEDs suitable for experimenting with wearable technology or for tight spots where you need just the right kind of light.
• The LinkM is our USB programmer for BlinkMs; plug it in, and immediately start working with light--no special drivers required.

WineM, an RFID wine rack prototype

"One part intelligent wine rack, one part light show." - Gizmodo

The world's smartest wine storage device, WineM knows exactly what bottle is in each cell of the wine rack and then displays that information back onto the wine itself. A revolution in wine storage, security and display.

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