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Leds & Light Hacks |
 | Giant Seven Segment LED Displays
After traveling to the world's most incredible electronics emporium, Evil Mad Scientist Labs brings us a nice tutorial teaching you how to create giant seven segment LED displays.ﾃあ As always, their tutorials are incredibly informative and easy... |
 | Extreme LED Synthesizer Piano Mod
Take an old upright piano, gut the innards, stuff a high tech synth and keyboard inside, add sexy blue LED lights and presto, you've got yourself one incredible pimped piano synthesizer. The author has some great documentary photos of the entire... |
 | How to: DIY Star Wars Lightsabers & Replicas
Using some spare parts from eBay (a Graflex flash bulb) and a bit of ingenuity the guys at Systm show you how to create your own legit lightsaber (using actual parts they used in the movies) and other Star Wars replicas. You can buy the super... |
 | Flexible Interactive Multitouch Display
In the past we've seen plenty of flat, hard multitouch displays. Even a multitouch pad you can build yourself in just 5 minutes. This multitouch pad, on the other hand uses several force sensors covered by a foam pad to read human input. The... |
 | Fantastic 3D Visualization Wiremap ﾃあ
Using nothing but a few threads and a projector, you can create what's called a wiremap which is a 3d visualization of light. For such a simple setup, the results are downright fantastic.
The video above is just a small sample of what the... |
 | DIY Arcade Style Joystick Controller
We've seen some giant NES controllers in the past and even an Xbox 360 arcade controller.ﾃあ Now we have a coffee table style controller custom made for arcade games like Street Fighter 4.ﾃあﾃあ The first controler is basically a wireless Xbox 360... |
 | How to Hack Electronic Road Signs
No doubt you've seen plenty of these electronic road signs.ﾃあ Turns out many of them are left unsecured and easily hackable.ﾃあ Inside is a standard keypad which is dirt simple to reprogram.ﾃあ Note: this is for informational purposes - tampering... |
 | Build an Epic Mobile Bar
If you want to be the downright main attraction at any party, show up with this incredible, full bar on wheels.ﾃあ Featuring a motorized beer elevator, motorized ice and mixer drawer, six-bottle shot dispensers, and sound activated neon... |
 | How to: Huge Christmas Music & Light Display
We all dream of building a massive, neighborhood dominating musical Christmas light display.ﾃあ A seasoned Christmas display pro has filmed a behind the scenes tutorial showing you the magic.ﾃあ Although the new LED lights are now avaliable, he... |
 | Incredible, Sleek Blue LED Case Mod
Combining his incredible carpentry and circuitry skill, this modder created a fantastic, modern LED case mod design.ﾃあ Based on a Beijing building, it incorporates sleek, circuitry-like lines creating a fantastic ambient effect.ﾃあ The full... |
