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Leds & 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,... |
 | Full LED Snowboarding Suit
Nighttime in the French Alps means the mountains are pitch black and the temperature is a frosty -13°F. The perfect time of day to go snowboarding, right? One filmmaker thought so, and created the suit above featuring thousands of white LEDs.... |
 | Psychedelic Sphere of LEDs
The friend of a performer created this optical light display of 256 LEDs that can be programmed to create some fascinating displays. The ball has 16 panels, which are not only the circuit boards, but the structural support of the ball as well.... |
 | How to: 1000 Lumen Maglite Mod with Voltage Monitor
If you are dissatisfied with the brightness and lasting power of your flashlight, check out the tutorial below by our laser and lighting expert, Jayrob. The XM-L T6 emitter, will output 1000 lumens at 3 Amps (on high mode), and will output an... |
 | Superb DIY Interactive Dance Floor
Learn how to build a custom interactive dance floor measureing 13x8 feet and containing 160 RGB LED illuminated squares. The project features eight microcontrollers which manage the LEDs, eight weight sensors, and an FPGA. The pressboard base... |
 | 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... |
 | Glowing LED Desk Alerts you of Emails, IMs
IKEA desks are DIY-er favorites. Take this IKEA Gallant desk for instance. The desk comes with a frosted class top, and where there's frosted glass, cool LED effects are not far behind. The desk monitors HTTP requests and illuminates LEDs when a... |
 | DIY Ambilight Clone: Livelight
This clone of the Phillips Ambilight system allows you to enhance your video watching experience. It is neat, compact,polished, and gets the job done. All the components fit into a attractively milled and labeled project box that allows for... |
 | Create Animated GIF Shows on a LED Matrix Display
Here’s another LED matrix project from the same guy who showed us how to stream webcam video on a LED matrix. Creating cool animated GIFs using a matrix of LEDs sounds more common. He picked up a few types of LED matrices: a 32x16 RGB LED matrix... |
