Animated Space Invaders welcome mat

Posted by Cory Doctorow, March 6, 2008 7:27 AM | permalink

Firebox is selling this outdoor welcome mat with motion-sensing, light-up LED Space Invaders that blink back and forth when visitors approach. Link (via IZ Reloaded)

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#1 posted by Piers W , March 6, 2008 8:56 AM

motion-sensing, light-up LED Space Invaders that blink back and forth -

would be very cool, but it's more like a line of non animated space invaders being lit up in sequence.

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#2 posted by Enochrewt , March 6, 2008 1:39 PM

I have two words for this thing: "Cool" and "Stolen". I can't see this hanging around in your average suburban neighborhood, much less my downtown one.