|
Leds & Light Hacks |
 | LED "Graffiti" using LED Throwies
With all the exceptional LED projects we've featured, it's amazing we haven't published this one yet. Take some basic LED throwies (a magnet, an LED, and a battery) and place them into a stencil. Then, place the stencil on a pole and you can... |
 | DIY Halloween: When Pumpkins meet Circuitry
No honorable hacker or modder can be satisfied with a simple candle inside of a pumpkin. How boring! Us proud nerds step up and create unique, appealing, and downright stunning pumpkins complete with lasers, LEDs, robotics, motion sensors,... |
 | GhostBusters DIY Halloween Costume (Arduino Powered)
For your DIY Halloween costume this year, Learn how to make your own Ghostbusters Proton Pack equipt with red and green lasers (above). There is a full tutorial on how to build your own along with a detailed photogallery of the proton pack. An... |
 | DIY Football Hero Using the Arduino
We've seen plenty of guitar hero projects and even a laser harp hero, but now we have a football hero (Soccer for us Americans). Made for the music industry, the director pulled together a team of DIYers and football players to make the game a... |
 | DIY Blu-Ray 300mw Laser Raygun
We're plenty familiar with the famous phasers of Star Trek, set to stun or kill and now you can build your own blue laser phaser gun. Taking the shell from a toy laser gun, this modder user two blu-ray laser diodes. Although blu-ray lasers can... |
 | Arduino and Ikea = Superb RGB LED Table Hack
Taking a stock Ikea table, this hacker added a set of 81 individually controlled RGB LEDs to the frame, creating a glowing livingroom centerpiece. Using the Arduino, he can individually address each LED to control the color change. Now if only... |
 | Powerful Mini Green Laser Build
Here’s another fantastic tutorial from Jay, a DIY lasers expert. See all of our DIY Laser Projects. I modified this very nice Stainless Steel flashlight into a 50mW green laser. It is very heavy duty, and super small. Below, I will show the... |
 | Stunning Case Mods: Sleek, Powerful Beasts Case mods are all about the stunning, custom design and lightings. From the flat looks of a run of the mill computer to the inspired ambiance that draws wows. Modifying your desktop PC requires skills that combine art with the geeky. We've seen... |
 | 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... |
 | DIY Super Powerful RGB Laser System
We've covered loads of outstanding DIY laser projects in the past, and here's yet another project to add to our collection. This guy collected red, green, and blue lasers and combined them in a project box to create the assortment of colors... |
