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Leds & Light Hacks


Absolutely Stunning LED Light Projects

Over the years, we’ve gathered thousands of outstanding projects.  Today, we bring you the best of our LEDs and lights collection.  Many of the projects you can easily build yourself, while others could take over 30 people to construct. Enjoy!

Exceptional Nerd-tastic Pumpkin Carvings

Leave it up to the us tech savvy folk to carve the best pumpkins each Halloween.  Everything from Super Mario, to Star Wars, to Firefox, Linux, to the Green Lantern.  Above are just a few of our favorites but you can find even more inspiration.…

Electronics Filled, Arduino Powered Room

Using sensors, an old PC, LCD screen, lots of sensors and few X10 home automation parts, one man built a mini-house in his backyard packed full of electronics.  The house also features a flickering LED fireplace and a Disneyland-like magic mirror.  …

Interactive Touch Sensitive Mirror

In an effort to further develop Human-Computer interactivity, this group of researchers developed their own interactive mirror.  The touch tracking is exceptional, allowing users to create artistic masterpieces right on the mirror.  This reminds us …

DIY Energy Efficient LED Light Bulbs

Learn how to build your own energy efficient LED light bulb.  They typically last for 100,000 hours and emit no excess heat. You can save some serious cash every year on your electricity bill by switching all of your lights to LED bulbs.  If youR…

How to Make LED Cubes

The warm ambient glow of the LED Cube…A fantastic display of illuminated animation and hours of programming. They’re actually easier to create than you may think. We’ll show you how in plain English using simple designs and multiplexing
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6 Fantastic Laser Pointer Projects

Burning lasers, keychain lasers, 1000 watt lasers…We love them all. Everyone enjoys the green, red, or even blue glow of lasery goodness. We’ve found six outstanding projects using lasers you don’t want to miss.

Learn how to make y…

Build a Daft Punk LED Table

Learn to build a segmented LED table just like Daft Punk displays. It’s fairly easy to create and control with various LED patterns and animations. Plus, it makes an outstanding centerpiece for your living room next to your giant NES controller….

Discovery: Yard Marking Paint = UV Reactive

Commercial UV paint is far too expensive. Using extremely UV reactive yard marking paint from any hardware store, you can pimp your case for just 26 cents an ounce!  Check out our DIY HacknMod.com demonstration video.
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