This lamp is pretty intense – “Aluminum desklamp-size lamp with 504 LEDs. Colored light controlled with a touchpad and separately with an ethernet interface.” [via] – Link. Related: Make your own LED color changing lights – Link.
Isnoop writes – “”Megapus” 20 serial port data replicator – A project I did for a former employer to provide a single serial port data stream to any number of devices at once. We stopped at 20 since that’s all we needed, but the system could have been expanded to any number of ports by […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Oskay2 writes – “Dining table with a frosted glass top lit by 448 LEDs that respond, in a complex and gentle fashion, to input generated by motion above the table while we eat. This will be demonstrated at the MakerFaire in April 2006.” – Link. Related: So many LED projects, […]
IMakeProjects.com made sonic grenades from cheap personal alarms – “Pull a pin, and after a few seconds these “grenades” emit a very loud and annoying alarm – instead of shrapnel. This can be used just for fun (toss one into a sleeping roommate’s bedroom, for example) or used on the honor-system to enhance any wargames […]
MAKE pal Mark shows how to turn an Amiga 500 into a lamp, it’s gorgeous! – Link.
Robotwisdom points to a super deal on the Matel Juicebox, $10 shipped! – Link. Related: Juicebox hacking on MAKE – Link. Juicebox gets Linux jolt – Link.
Wan & Carolyn write – “Here is a look inside Cube World…These are cool little cubes that are fun by themselves, but will interact when connected together! It would be great if we could figure out how to program our own graphics so we could introduce new “interactions”!!!! “ – Link.
