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Light Hacks |
 | How to Make Giant, Illuminated Balloon Art
Here's a superb way to get a message across: This giant Super Mario "sculpture" is made up of hundreds of LED Floaties (Helium + LEDs + Balloons). Of course, the idea can be altered to fit any graphic or message - All you need is a grid for... |
 | Incredible RGB LED Cube Tutorial
We've seen our fair share of LED light cubes before, but what makes this one different is its incredibly detailed, step-by-step tutorial. The creator of this light show previously made a one color LED light cube and shared the trials,... |
 | DIY Dazzling Laser Light Party Ball
Here's a challenge for you: stuff over a dozen red lasers and a rechargeable lithium ion battery inside a tennis ball. Oh, and also a microcontroller and infrared port to control patterns from afar. To make your own, the author has... |
 | How to: Build a Giant POV Light Tube
With this POV light painter, you can paint the town red or any other color that suits your fancy. The LightScythe is a 2-meter long POV tube made up of multi-color LED strips. POV stands for Persistence of Vision which describes how our eyes... |
 | Incredible Light Painting with an Arduino
Long exposure shots can create some pretty interesting effects. Light painting takes this idea and morphs it into innovative examples of ‘illuminated’ art. If you experiment with different light sources and treat them as ‘brushes’, the... |
 | 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
MC Escher is... |
 | How to: Wifi Signal Strength Light Painting
Wireless networks are everywhere these days, creating invisible layers that we cannot see. This unique light painting project seeks to change that by mapping the signal strength of Wifi networks in a variety of environments. The light painting... |
 | 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... |
