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Lights Hacks |
 | Write in Midair with a Simple LED POV Display
Learn how to fabricate your own LED "wave" display to write messages in midair. When you move the device through the air, you'll see a word flash through the blue LEDs. When you wave the device, it senses what direction it’s going... |
 | How to: Avatar-Style Fiber Optic Pandora Jungle
By now, you've probably seen the bioluminescent jungles of Pandora in the movie Avatar. Throughout the movie, I kept thinking of how to re-create some of the environment with the help of EL wire, fiber optics, and modern lighting... |
 | Amazing Ice Sculptures and LED Buildings
Christmas might be over but that doesn’t mean winter is! In the northeast of China in a cold city named Harbin, a frozen river named the Songhua is being cut up and made into something wonderful. This is, of course, the 26th International... |
 | 3 Neato DIY Christmas Projects
Well, Christmas is here and everyone is sitting around, munching chocolates, watching old films and thinking of the Christmas dinner they’ll devour tonight. Undoubtedly, some of our dedicated hackers and modders are twitching to for some... |
 | 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... |
 | Top 5 Custom LED Beer Pong Tables
Beer Pong...The sport of choice of college students. While we would never, ever support over consumption of alcohol, we must admire the engineering and creativity of these outstanding illuminated tables. If you're new to LEDs, check out... |
 | Make a Stunning 8x8x8 LED Cube
Here's an awesome tutorial on how to build your own stunning 8x8x8 LED cube (that's 512 blue LEDs!). Each LED can be controlled individually using special software and integrated circuits. This enables you to program patterns, animations,... |
 | Make a DIY Fiber Optic Star Ceiling
Fiber optics are just plain amazing. They carry data at ridiculous speeds and have a whole assortment of lighting possibilities too. There are a few main types of fiber optics including end glow and side glow (pretty self explanatory) and cheap... |
 | 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... |
