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Leds & Light Hacks |
 | Create Techno with a Laser Harp
Ever wanted to make your own techno music, but are tired of the standard midi controller? Well, you could build a harp (of all instruments) out of lasers and then play it by breaking the beams of light. See how it's done.
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 | Easy Modular LED Lighting
Incredibly basic and easy to set up, yet has an astounding effect when it's complete. Light up a hallway, living room, anything you'd like with these modular LED light displays. Great for setting the atmosphere at any party. Each module is... |
 | LED Sign Tutorial Roundup
Scrolling LED sign displays are great, but awfully expensive. Perhaps you've thought of building your own, but didn't know where to start. We've scoured the web and come up with these great LED tutorials to help you become an LED... |
 | Use Infrared LEDs to Blind Security Cameras
Alan writes: "I have seen lasers used to "dazzle" security cameras before but they normally use visible light and need pinpoint accuracy to be effective. I had never thought about using an array of IR LEDs (infrared light emitting diodes) to create... |
 | Blue LED RAM Lighting Mod
You've got it all: LED Fans, UV Paint, El Wire, you name it. But, have you pimped your RAM If not, you could always program some LEDs, attach them to your RAM, and watch the mesmerizing light patterns dazzle your case innards. Although there... |
 | Abstract Car Explosion LED Art
Recently the Guggenheim Museum of New York added a massive piece of artwork featuring nine cars suspended in mid air, with exploding streams of LED lights. The video details the set up of the artwork, and the result is downright stunning. Cai... |
 | Make your Entire Case a Massive Heat Sink Ditch your case, take your heat sink, and build onto it until it surrounds your computer (or something along those lines). Basically, you can build a computer so that it will dissipate all it's heat throughout the case walls, instead of... |
 | Solar Powered Temperature Sensing LEDs
What They Are and How They Work
The Glowies use a small microcontroller, but they are really quite simple in both parts and function. The core of the unit is a silicon diode used as a temperature sensor (actually, two of them). These Glowies... |
 | Router Window LED Mod
Router modding Yes, indeed my friends, it's true. Although a router isn't the most conventional case mod, it's still pretty awesome and rather hilarious. Using some plexiglass, your trusty dremel, and a couple of LEDs, you too can pimp your... |
 | Guard your Laptop with Electric Rings of Death
Combine a high voltage electrode and a motor and you can create an electric force field around your laptop. Note that all these photos are real, no photoshop. The pictures are all single shots and effects are produced with long exposure.
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