Turn hard-shell gourds into decorative party lights. Thanks go to Diane Gilleland for the original article in MAKE Volume 21. View the PDF of this project. And then subscribe to MAKE magazine for other great projects you can do over the weekend.
From the MAKE Flickr pool Macetech built this dazzling RGB coffee table – IKEA Granas side table (over 2×2 feet, big enough for coffee table) with 9×9 array of 81 ShiftBrite RGB LED modules. Currently running a simple sine plasma into HSV/RGB conversion on an Arduino (Seeeduino). Wow – more than a conversation piece, I’m […]
Don’t want to pack away all those fun colorful Christmas lights? Check out this informative writeup on how to use holiday lights with battery power. It was written primarily for the bulb based lights, but LED strings should work even better than the bulbed ones. Remember that each bulb uses half a watt-hour per hour. […]
Michael Mandiberg’s created a beautiful and beautifully simple way to be seen biking at night: I wrapped up my bike in retroreflective vinyl. Retroreflective vinyl is like a big scotchlite sticker; scotchlite is that super-reflective stuff that is on running shoes, jackets, and night safety equipment. Here’s a video of the process and result: And, […]
Dave writes in to tell us about his LED color-shifting Guitar A bass guitar I made with LEDs that pulse and color shift while I play. The LED control is just a few programs and uses Pulse-width-modulation to control fading and color selections. You can use whatever you want to control these. This isnt really […]
Chris McDonald made this extra-great, 2-axis drawing machine for doing time-lapse photography.
This could be fun – This site offers a wide selection of flashlight components for the DIYer in the dark. Including power regulators, various lamps/LEDs, reflectors, O-rings, and other relevant hardware. – Link Anyone ever tried them out or know of other good sources? Update: Commenter Schill recommends hitting up CandlePowerForums to get acquainted with […]
