Step 5: Toss your Throwie

The LED throwie is ready to be tossed onto a ferromagnetic surface. Practice tossing your throwies. Work on your accuracy and your own personal technique. Every throwie wont stick every time, but if you toss them gently, they will stick eventually. Get them up high and in large quantities for greatest enjoyment.
 
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ms10 says: Dec 17, 2011. 8:28 PM
cool keep up the good work
WearJDV says: Oct 11, 2011. 9:49 AM
Great work on this tutorial ... it's a shame to see so much flaming going on in the comments. Keep up the great work Q-Branch
RyuuichiNaruhodou says: Sep 4, 2011. 5:48 PM
Hi, I noticed that there's IR LEDs as well in that website you posted, I was wondering if these http://bit.ly/rv0aze would survive the 2032 battery just as the LEDs you used in this instructable. Thanks!
cool knex13 says: Feb 19, 2011. 4:14 AM
cool
twitsl says: Jul 11, 2008. 9:28 AM
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Glockenator in reply to twitslDec 15, 2009. 3:15 PM
a reusable throwie is useless because you want them to stay up there till everybody sees them
masonrulz in reply to twitslDec 9, 2009. 4:18 PM
 cmon, have a little fun in life. they will probably not come off for a while, in wich time some jerk will probably take them down. 
if you have a more eco friendly version of this, then post it! but if not, theres no reason why the rest of us cant have fun.
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wolf555hound in reply to twitslAug 13, 2008. 10:10 PM
it would be very expensive, but....maybe, a solar throwie? then during night, they turn on?
shammallamaman in reply to wolf555houndAug 20, 2008. 3:49 PM
That would become kind of expensive
hawkfrost64 in reply to shammallamamanNov 14, 2009. 5:16 PM
not really. there are solar panels that are paper thin and cost like, 25 cents. 
diy_bloke in reply to hawkfrost64Jan 12, 2012. 11:37 PM
but the solarpanels are brittle, they might not survive the throw
twitsl in reply to wolf555houndAug 16, 2008. 9:06 AM
Good idea!!!!!
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Calypzo says: Jul 20, 2009. 5:06 AM
How long is the battery life for these?
Redgerr in reply to CalypzoJul 20, 2009. 12:15 PM
quite a while, led's use up so little power its incredible.. I took a dead AAA battery and hooked it up to a led.. lasted about 7 days on all the time before my mom threw it out... UGH.. so lets just say they last O_o
spinach_dip says: Mar 2, 2006. 2:39 PM
It's "I beam," not "eye beam" because the cross section of the beam is shaped like a capital "I" with serifs.
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Keanan in reply to spinach_dipJun 7, 2009. 1:13 AM
Actually eyebeam is the name of a lab at Graffiti Research Labs.
LostMachine in reply to spinach_dipMar 17, 2006. 8:47 PM
As long as we’re being pedantic the picture you posted is not a I-beam it is a Wide flange beam also called a H-beam. I-beams are rarely made these days. ; )
diy_bloke in reply to LostMachineJan 12, 2012. 11:38 PM
:-)
Isn't a wide flanged H just an I on its side?
Bradlez92 in reply to LostMachineJan 29, 2009. 3:29 PM
BUUUUUUUUURN!!!!!!1!!!!1
timothypedersen in reply to spinach_dipMar 17, 2006. 11:39 AM
Ever hear the term "play on words"?
jaredsalzano in reply to timothypedersenMay 8, 2009. 10:47 AM
actually, no haha
london mike says: Oct 26, 2008. 4:53 PM
Hey I found that the magnets that hold the glass on the front of a Aqua vision bath room screen are super strong, which could increase mounting success. I'm off to light up the night.
B33FY92 says: Jun 27, 2008. 4:12 AM
hey i was wandering y you put the magnet on it
Radioactive_Legos in reply to B33FY92Jun 27, 2008. 1:07 PM
So you can stick the throwie on metal walls and light posts and stuff like that. The only problem with the magnets is that you'll have a hard time getting them down if you throw them too high.
hac in reply to Radioactive_LegosJul 4, 2008. 8:45 PM
The difficulty of retrieving them is what makes them so great...
Radioactive_Legos in reply to hacJul 5, 2008. 5:10 PM
That is, if you want to leave them up for all to see. I guess I'll be doing that because I just wone 3rd prize for the Let it Glow contest, "Razor Scooter Underglow Double Mod!"
hac in reply to Radioactive_LegosJul 5, 2008. 6:54 PM
Congrats. I'm trying to think of some ideas...
TeacherOfTheWays says: Jun 30, 2008. 2:39 PM
6. now go to a group for only the most c r a z y wallets of such fun, and whats in a title but the number 1.
AzraelUK says: Apr 8, 2006. 3:11 AM
Actually, 'Eyebeam' is the name of an R&D lab, a subdivision of which is the Graffiti Research Lab (http://graffitiresearchlab.com/), who made LED throwies. So, what it meant was: 'The structural columns inside the Eyebeam R&D lab are perfect for throwies'

Geez, don't you guys know anything ;)?

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