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Leds Hacks |
 | 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... |
 | Play Chess on a 12'x12' board with 100,000 Lego Pieces
Team Hassenplug has created a chess set which uses 32 Lego NXT Kits to play out a giant game of robotic chess. Each individual piece contains an NXT kit and is capable of moving to any square on the board using a recursive algorithm that will... |
 | RGB LEDs Syncronized to Keyboard Music
This hack uses MIDI notes from a keyboard to illuminate the keys using RGB LEDs. 88 separate RGB nodes are controlled via a converter box which transforms the digital notes played on the keyboard to make the RGB Nodes flash to the music. The... |
 | Superb 256 LED Graduation Cap
Don't be one of the thousands of "regular" students at graduation! Put hundreds of LEDs on your graduation cap and stream messages across it! All the cool kids are doing it, afterall. The grad in the video above setup a matrix of 16x16 white... |
 | Fascinating Mechanical Iris Steampunk Projects
A mechanical iris is a radially opening aperture which allows light to pass through. We have seen some downright superb steampunk projects and these two examples further demonstrate the beauty of simple mechanics. I've decided I want to install... |
 | Superb 3-Axis Ball of LEDs
Let's face it, LEDs are the reason most of us got into electronics in the first place ;). This superb project uses one blue, red, and green LED and spins them on three different axes. A complex project with stunning rave-like results... |
 | DIY Decorative Lighting with LED Sea Urchins
Want a totally new and bizarre way to create home decor? Stick an LED light inside of a sea urchin shell! Taking a break from our typical hacking projects, here's a dirt simple, fast way to create unique decorations. Using colored LEDs... |
 | DIY Virtual Windows using IR LEDs + Wiimote
Why wake up to the same view each day if you can wake up somewhere different? Using a Wiimote, Mac, and infrared LEDs, you can create your own virtual windows which change as you move locations within the room. You can download WinScape for... |
 | DIY Interactive LED Stair Lighting
Learn how to spice up your boring staircase with interactive LEDs to illuminate each step. As the video above demonstrates, the LED lights switch on one at a time when a person begins their journey up or down the stairs. The lights get... |
 | 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... |
