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Pov Hacks |
 | 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... |
 | 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... |
 | Stunning Illuminated POV LED Clock
Persistence of Vision (POV) flashes LEDs at certain moments as it spins, thus creating the "clock" above. The PCB blades are spun around using a PC cooling fan to creat this POV clock. The animation effect is thanks to illuminated LEDs which are... |
 | 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... |
 | Unique LED Clock made from Old Hard Drive
We've seen plenty of creative custom clocks in the past, and even hard drive clocks, but this one is unique.  Instead of using the LED's as the hands of the clock, this one uses a stroboscopic effect to display the actual numbers while the... |
 | 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: LED Hard Drive Clock using Arduino
Ah...the Arduino. The super powerful, easy to program microcontroller brings us another fantastic DIY project. We've seen a few hard drive LED clocks in the past, but this one looks outstanding and is easier to create. It uses POV... |
 | Open Source POV Bicycle Wheel Animation
We recently covered a fantastic POV system which displays animation or pictures on your bicycle tires as you ride. Instead of buying that kit, you can learn to make your own quite easily. This open source POV bike tutorial walks you through the... |
 | 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... |
 | POV iPhone App Writes Messages in Midair
We've seen plenty of persistence of vision (POV) projects using LEDs but this is the first non-LED version we've seen. The new Light Writer app allows you to write messages or display clipart when you wave your arm through the air. Check out some... |
