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Rudolph Had a Fondness For Eggnog

By Design News Staff -- Design News, December 12, 2004

Why stop at having a shiny red nose when you can have one that blinks, too, and no hangover the next morning? Engineer and amateur-jewelry-maker Jerry created a nifty little holiday stickpin featuring Rudolph the red-nose reindeer. His low-tech invention involves wiring a low-voltage blinking LED to a 3V battery using pieces from a metal paper clip, then attaching the components to a stickpin. Wear it to your next holiday event, and we guarantee you'll be the toast of the town!

Instructions on how to build your own Blinking Nose Stickpin.

Blinking nose stickpin parts list
Amt Part Description Allied Part #
1 Red LED, blinking&2V 431-0129
1 3V battery 884-0755
Additional parts required: Stickpin (reindeer or other object with nose); paper clip
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