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DIY Vegas Sphere Brings The Show To You

DIY Vegas Sphere Brings The Show To You

With all the popularity of the Vegas Sphere right now, it is easily understandable that someone would want one in their own yard. However, there are few of us who will follow through to actually make it happen. The folks at the youtube channel DrZzs & GrZzs really pulled it off though. This project seems […]

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Becky’s Mermaid Hair Is A Delightfully Illuminated Wearable

Becky’s Mermaid Hair Is A Delightfully Illuminated Wearable

Becky Stern is back with another interesting project that really goes outside the box. This LED wearable is meant to be worn in your hair and pulls inspiration from the mermaids that she saw as a child. It really is interesting how she managed to wrap and shape the wire in a way that this […]

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Head To Head Comparison of “Neon” LED Strips

Head To Head Comparison of “Neon” LED Strips

These “neon” LED strips have been all the rage for the past few years. If you haven’t used one, they’re really impressive and getting better all the time. Only a few years ago, you were limited to buying LED strips that were flat tape and had gaps between the lights. Now, you can buy stuff […]

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Debra Ansell's Colorful Orbs

Obsessed with Colorful Orbs

Maker and educator, Debra Ansell is my guest on this episode of Make:cast. She is obsessed with orbs– colorful, LED orbs and she shows us how to build a brightly lit orb in the new issue of Make Magazine. Debra and I talk about the process of developing her orb project. She also talks about […]

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Embedded LEDs Make The Coolest Birthday Cake You’ve Ever Seen

Embedded LEDs Make The Coolest Birthday Cake You’ve Ever Seen

Natasha Dzurny turned out this really cool project for Element 14. In short, she makes a birthday cake shaped display using flexible LED matrixes. Inspired by Lizzo’s birthday anthem, Natasha decided to make a whole party in the shape of a cake. She started with an Arduino Nano 33it and two LED matrixes and ended […]

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A Perfect Circle: An LED “Supergroup” Collaborates on the Lux Lavalier

A Perfect Circle: An LED “Supergroup” Collaborates on the Lux Lavalier

Mad Season, Cream, Prophets of Rage, the Traveling Wilburys — what do they have in common? Perhaps it’s that you’ve never heard of them, but they are also all supergroups — successful artists teaming up to create something new and exciting. In the world of LEDs, instead of Layne Staley, Tom Morello, and Tom Petty, […]

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A Simple Technique to Add Lights to Masks and Props 

A Simple Technique to Add Lights to Masks and Props 

Buying a mask at the Halloween store is fun, but very few store-bought masks include lights. It’s a good thing we’re makers and can fix that! In this quick tutorial, Natasha from TechnoChic shows how to add a simple circuit to any mask so that it can light the night.  The trick is to create […]

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