Garrett Mace, aka Macetech, built this LED NYE ball, using his own Macetech LED controller and Arduino shield kits (and a Seeduino). He writes: I used six Satellite Modules (high power RGB LED arrays), six ShiftBars (three channel LED controllers), a Seeeduino, and a ShiftBrite Shield to build a New Year’s ball for our own […]
Here’s an unconventional noisemaker made from some prescription bottles and odds and ends by Instructables user buellboy492.
Instructables user mrfixits writes: This Tesla Tornado is made using a Subaru blower fan motor, complete with its 3-position speed switch mounted on the base. The blower motor has a flywheel fabricated out of Lexan with 6 neodymium magnets mounted in it. It magnetically couples with 6 magnets in the Tesla Pump disc pack, which […]
Alpay Kasal’s Twitter-enabled “Twistmas” twee tree responds to specific keyword mentions by lighting corresponding ornaments – After designing a Twitter based installation for GE Healthcare, I looked forward to putting some Arduino’s and LED’s to work on a personal project. While speaking with Psytek, a founder of a hackerspace in Brooklyn called AlphaOneLabs, we decided […]
Brenda on Alpha Mom shows you how to make these festive New Year’s Noise Makers out of empty raisin boxes.
So, what presents did you give? Get? We’d especially love to hear from folks who used our gift guides to buy (or make) presents and how your recipients liked them. Above image from Tada’s Revolution.
Robin and Chuck Nudd are at it again with their festive dragon. Chuck built the beaste out of steel junk a few winters ago, and Robin dresses him in seasonal finery.
