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 | DIY Project Inspiration: Weekend Roundup
In this post, we'll feature neat projects which sprung up over the weekend. Unlike our traditional posts of DIY projects, we're posting these links for your DIY project building inspiration.
1. How to: MC Escher Perpetual Motion
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 | Tiny DIY Persistence of Vision Project
Persistence of Vision (POV) devices display a message when you wave them through the air. We've seen a few POV projects in the past, but none quite this small. Switch off the lights and wave the device around and see the message displayed. The... |
 | 8x8 Coffee Table LED Matrix
Need to spice up your boring living room? Here's a fully controllable, 8x8 LED matrix built into a coffee table. It's built using foam, 64 RGB LEDs, and a sheet of diffusion gel (a stage lighting product). The whole thing is driven by a... |
 | Hack the Kinect to Control DJ Lasers & Lighting
This project allows a DJ to literally wave their hands over the crowd to "conduct" a laser light show. The setup uses an Xbox 360 Kinect which sends data to a computer which, in turn, sends commands via serial to a DMX lighting control... |
 | 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 Massive 8x8x8 LED Cube
LED cubes are among the most enticing LED projects we've featured on HacknMod. Previously, we've shown you how to make both large and small LED cubes. This project, however, has far a far more detailed tutorial and demonstrates more complex... |
 | DIY New Year's Eve LED Ball
With the New Year rapidly approaching, learn how to build this LED New Year's ball to add some unique and superb decor to your party. It uses six high power RGB LED arrays, six LED controllers, and an Arduino.
The ball itself is bade from about... |
 | Build a Glossy Black Word Clock with Arduino
For a unique addition to your living space, the word clock is a novel new way to tell the time. The inspiration for this black and sleek clock comes the previously mentioned DIY Arduino Word Clock. Yes, it's more difficult to discern what time... |
 | Build an LED Cube Using an Arduino
Learn how to make a stunning LED cube using an Arduino. Although the image above looks a bit plain, you can control the colors and patterns of the 64 LEDs. Also, if you're looking for a unique soldering challenge, this is a great projec to start... |
 | Iron Man Repulsor: Blue Laser Project
The Iron Man repulsor light laser shoots a beam of crisp, blue laser light directly out from your palm. We've seen some similar Iron Man projects which recreate the rupulsor effect when Iron Man lifts his arm pulls back his hand.
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