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Leds & Light Hacks |
 | 8x8 Coffee Table LED Matrix
Need to spice up your boring living room? Here's a fully controllable, 8x8 LED matrix built into a coffee table. It's built using foam, 64 RGB LEDs, and a sheet of diffusion gel (a stage lighting product). The whole thing is driven by a... |
 | Hack the Kinect to Control DJ Lasers & Lighting
This project allows a DJ to literally wave their hands over the crowd to "conduct" a laser light show. The setup uses an Xbox 360 Kinect which sends data to a computer which, in turn, sends commands via serial to a DMX lighting control... |
 | TRON-Themed EL Wire Backpack
With the recent release of TRON, many people have gone crazy with EL wire creations. For example, check out the TRON themed shoulder bag, how to make Your clothing glow. Below we have another superb example of how to merge electronics and... |
 | Build Your Own TRON-Themed Segway
Ever since TRON: Legacy came out, modders are coming up with superb EL wire projects to replicate the movie. The latest TRON inspired project combines the Segway with the blue-neon TRON effect. And it should go well with the DIY Tron-Themed Bag... |
 | DIY Fiber Optic Star Map
Using free planetarium software to simulate the night sky, this DIYer built a star map on his wall using fiber optics. The Star Map is built on a 2m wide and 1.2m tall wooden frame, weighs 14kg, has 2000 fiber stars, and 108 LED stars. If... |
 | DIY Massive 8x8x8 LED Cube
LED cubes are among the most enticing LED projects we've featured on HacknMod. Previously, we've shown you how to make both large and small LED cubes. This project, however, has far a far more detailed tutorial and demonstrates more complex... |
 | Entire Xbox 360 Stuffed into LED Toaster
Yes, you read that title correctly. This is quite possibly the most entertaining toaster ever created: It's stuffed with sexy blue LEDs as well as an entire Xbox 360 console. It’s a toaster mod that’s designed to put all other kitchen... |
 | Amazing Return of the Jedi Light Saber Replica
This is the best Star Wars light saber replica we've ever seen. The Obi Wan Kenobi lightsaber we saw a few months ago came close, but this one is just superb. It's modeled after Luke's light saber in Return of the Jedi:
Luke’s saber has... |
 | DIY New Year's Eve LED Ball
With the New Year rapidly approaching, learn how to build this LED New Year's ball to add some unique and superb decor to your party. It uses six high power RGB LED arrays, six LED controllers, and an Arduino.
The ball itself is bade from about... |
 | Build a Glossy Black Word Clock with Arduino
For a unique addition to your living space, the word clock is a novel new way to tell the time. The inspiration for this black and sleek clock comes the previously mentioned DIY Arduino Word Clock. Yes, it's more difficult to discern what time... |
