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![]() | Full LED Snowboarding Suit
Nighttime in the French Alps means the mountains are pitch black and the temperature is a frosty -13°F. The perfect time of day to go snowboarding, right? One filmmaker thought so, and created the suit above featuring thousands of white LEDs.... |
![]() | How to: 1000 Lumen Maglite Mod with Voltage Monitor
If you are dissatisfied with the brightness and lasting power of your flashlight, check out the tutorial below by our laser and lighting expert, Jayrob. The XM-L T6 emitter, will output 1000 lumens at 3 Amps (on high mode), and will output an... |
![]() | How to: Build a Giant POV Light Tube
With this POV light painter, you can paint the town red or any other color that suits your fancy. The LightScythe is a 2-meter long POV tube made up of multi-color LED strips. POV stands for Persistence of Vision which describes how our eyes... |
| | Incredible Light Painting with an Arduino
Long exposure shots can create some pretty interesting effects. Light painting takes this idea and morphs it into innovative examples of ‘illuminated’ art. If you experiment with different light sources and treat them as ‘brushes’, the... |
![]() | How to: Wifi Signal Strength Light Painting
Wireless networks are everywhere these days, creating invisible layers that we cannot see. This unique light painting project seeks to change that by mapping the signal strength of Wifi networks in a variety of environments. The light painting... |
![]() | DIY Fiber Optic Star Map
Using free planetarium software to simulate the night sky, this DIYer built a star map on his wall using fiber optics. The Star Map is built on a 2m wide and 1.2m tall wooden frame, weighs 14kg, has 2000 fiber stars, and 108 LED stars. If... |
![]() | DIY Fiber Optic Fabric using RGB LEDs
By weaving fiber optic strands as if they were yarn, this team of DIYers created a fiber optic "fabric" of sorts which features a few dozen RGB LEDs and reacts to the outside world via Twitter. Currently, they're raising funds to launch a company... |
| | Use LED Deck Lighting to Illuminate your Next Party
With a bit of planning, LED projects are a simple way to create outstanding lighting projects. This modder used LED light strips to illuminate his deck in any color he chooses. If we can create an Avatar-Style Pandora Jungle using fiber... |
| | Make your own 3D Avatar Movie for $250
Don't miss: How-To: Avatar Style Fiber Optic Pandora Jungle
Home 3D TV is set to take the world by storm this year since the World Cup is being broadcast through the medium. However, did you know that for a few hundred bucks you too could be... |
![]() | How to: Avatar-Style Fiber Optic Pandora Jungle
By now, you've probably seen the bioluminescent jungles of Pandora in the movie Avatar. Throughout the movie, I kept thinking of how to re-create some of the environment with the help of EL wire, fiber optics, and modern lighting... |











