What Everyone Needs: An Eight-Foot LED Light Staff
Hackaday.io blogger ‘Risknc’ updates his Light Staff prototype, much to the excitement of the LARPing community. It is a 8-foot staff filled with High Intensity LEDs that put on quite a show.
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The Particle Light Fixture
If you’re reading this, it’s likely that you’re a fan of unique blinking lights. Alex Posada’s piece, “The Particle,” exemplifies this quite nicely, and adds the ability to spin at 1500 RPM. Resembling the usual representation of an atom, the name seems quite appropriate. It would also make quite an appropriate prop for a Doctor […]
A Spinning POV Hard Drive Platter Clock
This piece takes upcycling to the next level.
USB Hub Powers the Pi and Its Peripherals
Cool hack to get around a frustrating limitation of powered USB hubs.
3D Printed Sculpture of Atlas from Portal 2
PsychoBob recently completed part two of his sculpture of Atlas from Portal 2, with an entirely 3D printed ‘big red button’ base upon which Atlas rests, and an embedded LED circuit powered over USB.
Longboard POV
Michael Ciuffo of Ch00ftech built this tiny persistence-of-vision (POV) display, based on an Attiny24, to fit on his longboard’s 72mm wheels.
Vehicular Hacking, From Art Cars to JEEPuters
While DIY automotive projects are nothing new, the options for modifying your vehicle are becoming increasingly diverse and accessible. As the Owner’s Manifesto states, “If you can’t open it, you don’t own it,” and this should apply to your manufactured vehicle as much as any commercial object.
