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 | Create Animated GIF Shows on a LED Matrix Display
Here’s another LED matrix project from the same guy who showed us how to stream webcam video on a LED matrix. Creating cool animated GIFs using a matrix of LEDs sounds more common. He picked up a few types of LED matrices: a 32x16 RGB LED matrix... |
 | Stream Webcam Video to an LED Matrix
We've seen some projects in the past which display patterns or games on an LED matrix, but they're not nearly as complex as this project. Using a webcam, a video stream is processed via MatLab for edge detection and the results are displayed... |
 | Illuminated LED Air Quality Check Balloons
Students from Carnegie Mellon University have taken the idea of an LED floatie further with an air quality sensor. The DIY air-sniffing balloon project can be built fairly easily and on the cheap. All it takes is a bit of circuitry skill.
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 | Giant LED Matrix Controlled via the Web
What do you get when you combine five LED enthusiats, a free weekend, an Arduino and hundreds of LEDs? The LED wall, which is a massive pegboard (size - 53" x 31") fitted with a matrix of 350 LEDs. The matrix of LEDs can be controlled by... |
 | Simulate Internet Chess with an Interactive Board
Playing chess against a robotic arm or an interactive surface adds a whole new element to a standard internet chess match. Instead of playing through your complete screen, this DIYer built an interactive board enabling you to play online, but use... |
 | Custom Magic 8 Ball features internal OLED Screen
Remember those Magic 8 balls growing up and how the stupid bubbles and purple liquid always got in the way of reading the prediciton? With a bit of electronic modding, it display custom messages by replacing the normal message die with an OLED... |
 | Superb DIY Retro Lighting Design
Sometimes, your inventions don't have to have a practical function. Take for example, this epic looking decorative lamp. Dubbed 'Coachella', this eye-catching device was named for an annual music and arts festival. Although it has a steampunk... |
 | Twitter Controlled LED IKEA Table using Bluetooth
An ever-changing LED display makes for an interesting show. An LED table powered by tweets makes the light show that much more exciting. This Twitter-enabled device builds on a previous project which had uses 81 RGB LED modules in a 9x9 grid... |
 | Joe Grand's LED Watch Flashes Time in Midair
We've covered a few of Joe Grand's projects on the site before and here's another fantastic project to add to the collection. This POV (persistence of vision) watch displays the current or elapsed time while the arm is swinging (such as... |
 | Giant Seven Segment LED Displays
After traveling to the world's most incredible electronics emporium, Evil Mad Scientist Labs brings us a nice tutorial teaching you how to create giant seven segment LED displays. As always, their tutorials are incredibly informative and... |
