Art Hacks

LED “Graffiti” using LED Throwies

LED "Graffiti" using LED Throwies

With all the exceptional LED projects we've featured, it's amazing we haven't published this one yet.  Take some basic LED throwies (a magnet, an LED, and a battery) and place them into a stencil.  Then, place the stencil on a pole and you can...
DIY Football Hero Using the Arduino

DIY Football Hero Using the Arduino

We've seen plenty of guitar hero projects and even a laser harp hero, but now we have a football hero (Soccer for us Americans).  Made for the music industry, the director pulled together a team of DIYers and football players to make the game a...
Inspiration: Rise of the Scrap Metal Robots

Inspiration: Rise of the Scrap Metal Robots

They say that Michelangelo saw a masterpiece in every block of stone. Some of these creative minds see a robot in a pile of household junk.  More precisely - a junk robot, or junkbot as they're called.  Little metal creations made from discarded...
Inspiration: Robotics and Steampunk Ray Gun Gallery

Inspiration: Robotics and Steampunk Ray Gun Gallery

It's certainly true that one man's junk is another man's treasure.  Just take a look at these incredible works of art which have risen from the scrap piles, fashioned out of odds and ends. Some might call it junk art, but looking at the whole...
Stunning PC Mod Combines Function with Looks

Stunning PC Mod Combines Function with Looks

The "Edelweiss PC" is a stunning computer case mod in white complimented by the gorgeous glow of orange LEDs. It’s an exceptional build by Pius Giger and it looks more like a design concept than a case. See more details and pics of the Edelweiss...
RGB Computer Controlled LED Bottle Wall

RGB Computer Controlled LED Bottle Wall

What is it about the combination of color and light which makes us automatically drawn to it ? Quite appropriately the video demo of Alex Beim’s LED bottle wall project is without sound. It’s all visual illumination as we watch 253 bottles...