article_snippet: Disco Dog claims to be the first LED dog vest that can be controlled using a smartphone.
article_snippet: A start-up firm called Party NYC, based in New York and Tokyo, is in the process of creating the final version of the vest, which has 256 LEDs on the outside, as well as a concealed microcontroller, a Bluetooth low energy chip and a 3.7V lithium ion battery.
article_snippet: The vest displays a variety of animated patterns and text in thousands of colours.
article_snippet: An accompanying app (pictured) can be used to program the design on the vest and control the LEDs from a distance.
article_snippet: There are controls for brightness and colour, including ‘two-colour gradients that flow across the vest’ as well as room to type words (right) and even a lost dog mode .
article_snippet: An accompanying app will be used to program the design on the vest and control the LEDs from a distance.
article_snippet: There will be controls for brightness and colour, including ‘two-colour gradients that flow across the vest’.
article_snippet: the illuminated vest will have Velcro closures and the LED grid will be removable so the illuminated vest can be washed and the battery recharged.
highlights_snippet: Disco Dog vest is encrusted with LEDs that flash in different colours .
  