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Leds & Light Hacks |
 | 7 Oustanding Fireworks Projects for the 4th
The 4th of July is just a few days away and we've got 10 great DIY projects to spice up your evening. You can actually make your own fireworks then create a custom wireless detonation panel to blast them off!
How to Make a Fireworks... |
 | Stunning PC Mod Combines Function with Looks
The "Edelweiss PC" is a stunning computer case mod in white complimented by the gorgeous glow of orange LEDs. It’s an exceptional build by Pius Giger and it looks more like a design concept than a case. See more details and pics of the... |
 | Powerful Blu-Ray Laser on a Keychain
Here’s another fantastic tutorial from Jay, a DIY lasers expert. See all of our DIY laser projects. I picked up this little key chain light at Lowe's. It is made from a solid piece of brass. It is very heavy duty, but very small.
Beam... |
 | Incredible, Colorful RGB LED Light Strip
This incredible, RGB LED light strip allows you to address each and every LED individually, creating splendid color patters. If you were challenged by the Open Source POV Bicycle Wheel Animation project we covered last week or were thinking of... |
 | Make a DIY Fiber Optic Star Ceiling
Fiber optics are just plain amazing. They carry data at ridiculous speeds and have a whole assortment of lighting possibilities too. There are a few main types of fiber optics including end glow and side glow (pretty self explanatory) and cheap... |
 | RGB Computer Controlled LED Bottle Wall
What is it about the combination of color and light which makes us automatically drawn to it ? Quite appropriately the video demo of Alex Beim’s LED bottle wall project is without sound. It’s all visual illumination as we watch 253... |
 | Open Source POV Bicycle Wheel Animation
We recently covered a fantastic POV system which displays animation or pictures on your bicycle tires as you ride. Instead of buying that kit, you can learn to make your own quite easily. This open source POV bike tutorial walks you through the... |
 | EL Wire Powered Ethernet Patch Cables
Forget the days of trying to locate the correct cables in patch rooms like the one pictured above. Using power over ethernet (POE), this hacker laced a standard patch cable with Electroluminescent wire (abbreviated as EL wire) allowing him to... |
 | DIY Virtual Reality using the Wiimote
See also: Top 30 Wiimote Hacks of the Web
Anyone who's interested in virtual reality will find German Timo Fleisch quite fascinating. He's the one who originally came up with a way to combine Nintendo Wii remotes and IR LED's, in order to create... |
 | How to Build your own Tesla Coil
Once you've seen a big home-built Tesla coil in operation, you may decide you've got to have one too, even if it's just a tabletop version to play around with. There are companies offering detailed plans and DIY kits containing all materials... |
