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In addition to being a great replacement for that aging eye patch, these specs act as a light switch. By watching your eyelids, they are able to kill the lights whenever you blink. The installation is a shared experience piece conceived by [Michal Kohút]. He wanted to illustrate the constant blinking we all do but rarely think about. The system uses an Arduino to capture events from the … [Read more...]
[Fabian.E] wanted to light up the rims on his bike, but didn't want to shell out a bunch of clams to get it done. He came up with this system which uses magnets and reed switches to light up one arc or each bicycle wheel. He calls it the lightrider and it's based on the revolights concept. That design uses a microcontroller which is capable of animating patterns when the wheels aren't … [Read more...]
The bicycle tail and head lights that we're accustomed to are small add-on modules. This take on the idea uses strips of LEDs to protect you from behind. They're very bright, matching the pair of LED headlights that are attache to the handlebars. Apparently [A.Davis12] had some LED strips laying around. There's not what we're used to seeing, but they have a similar footprint so you should be … [Read more...]
This chandelier is something we'd expect to see on sale in the local gallery store. [Starkec] made it a couple of years back and we just love the look. The materials are pretty common, and you can throw it together in an afternoon. The diffuser are made from clear glass soda bottles. After removing the labels and giving them a good cleaning, they were each set upside down and sprayed with some … [Read more...]
If you just got your hands on a shiny new Android phone and are looking for a fun project to try out, you might want to check out this simple Arduino exercise that [Mike Mitchel] put together. Everyone needs a starting off point for hacking, and [Mike] thought that combining and Arduino and Android handset together for the purpose of temperature sensing and light metering would be a great place to … [Read more...]
[Kalle Hyvönen] just finished building his own aquarium lights. He used four powerful soft-white LEDs, mounting them on a pair of heat sinks to keep things cool. Now he could have just connected them to the power supply and plugged it into the wall, but instead he included is own controller. An Arduino drives the switch-mode power supply, offering dimming thanks to PWM, and the ability to … [Read more...]
[Samimy's] latest project is a little strange, but one man's weird is another man's wonderful so we're not about to start criticizing his work. Nope, we're here to praise the fact that his rotary phone turned reading light and audio amp is very well constructed. He started by removing the phone housing. Those old enough to have used one of these devices will remember their bulk, and there's a … [Read more...]
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