Leds Hacks

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...
Stunning Case Mods: Sleek, Powerful Beasts

Stunning Case Mods: Sleek, Powerful Beasts

Case mods are all about the stunning, custom design and lightings. From the flat looks of a run of the mill computer to the inspired ambiance that draws wows. Modifying your desktop PC requires skills that combine art with the geeky.   We've seen...
DIY Lighting: Fantastic Labware LED Lamps

DIY Lighting: Fantastic Labware LED Lamps

Ah... the warm ambient lighting of retro chemistry lab equipment...Designer Benjamin Huber created these exceptional custom lights out of hand-blown glass.  While I'm sure they cost an arm and leg, you could easily just pick up some flasks and...
Outstanding RGB Liquid Mood Lamps

Outstanding RGB Liquid Mood Lamps

Here's an outstanding, yet simple custom lighting project you can build yourself. Using some basic lighting fixtures filled with colored mineral oil to create the custom glow effects. The authors also used a pump and PVC hose to create a lava lamp...
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...
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...
Bicycle Wheel LED Video Displays

Bicycle Wheel LED Video Displays

Monkeylectric has just released the newest version of their bicycle mounted video displays.  Using four strips of  RGB LEDs on each wheel, you can display any video or image on your bike wheels while you ride.  A full video demonstration below...
How to Snap Fantastic LED Photos

How to Snap Fantastic LED Photos

Here is a nice experiment for all aspiring photographers. Have you ever thought about taking photos of LEDs? It may not be as easy as it seems, but with a few comprehensive tricks and some testing from your part, you’ll be enjoying...
Last Day: 25% off Lasers, LEDs & Light Bulbs

Last Day: 25% off Lasers, LEDs & Light Bulbs

In case you missed it, we launched a Hack N Mod store sale last week featuring 25% off our 5mm LEDs, lasers and LED Light Bulbs.  We’re practically giving away our most popular products which were already heavily discounted....
Gmail and RSS Notifiers using the Arduino

Gmail and RSS Notifiers using the Arduino

By programming the Arduino and having it communicate to the web through your computer's serial port, you can create your own physical notifier which alerts you when you receive email or when an RSS news feed is updated. It can even update you of...