Jake von Slatt built this brass bedside lamp, which incorporates an Aerolux glow bulb, as a night light. He also used the ammonia aging technique for the brass components (which Tim Lillis covers in his “Tricks of the Trade” comic in the next MAKE). [BTW: Lyra is the little girl in The Golden Compass.] Lyra’s […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Micah’s Lego Sky project incorporates an Ikea LED light strip and touchpad control – The Altoids tin has the modified driver circuit: It’s the original circuit board with the microcontroller removed, then a homemade Arduino clone to control it. The orange box is an old Cirque PS/2 touchpad, removed […]
This week’s EMS Labs project is about creating a set of temporary garden/outdoor lights using LEDs, coin cell batteries, and Mason jars. Easy. Cheap. Perdy. Quick, easy, temporary, and beautiful LED garden lights
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool: This project is to replace the 12 volt lamp in a stock auto clearance lamp with a flashing red led that can be used to provide a caution light around a telescope when viewing under dark conditions with more than one person around. The project is based around a […]
“The LED Painter is a 16 channel RGB LED controller (or 48 independent LEDs) using the Texas Instrument TLC5940. This PCB is improved with a better layout that allows easy connection of independent LEDs (not just RGB), as well as the ability to daisy chain multiple boards together. The TLC5940 IC is implemented in this […]
These are sold by Domestic Construction, but maybe they’ll give you some ideas for your own remade lighting from old china. [via]
Simple photography light boxes, made by a Kenyan photographer, from little more than cardboard boxes, aluminum foil, and bulb holders. Building the Sun… [via]
