Trade Show Badges
Doug and I are working on these cool badges for the Makerfaire. Here are a few experiments. Lots more to come. They will form an infrared network and exchange graphics...
Northern Lights
Here’s an 8 1/2 x 11″ Northern Lights light box. How is it done? It’s a CD being rotated in front of a servo. I used an old Arduino Uno,...
Maps
I’m making a series of wooden maps of Ottawa and other areas. Bellow are some of the experiments leading up to it. I first tried to make some map earring....
Hard Drive Platter Art
Here is a portrait of Inessa on a hard drive platter.
Flying Disco Ball IR
Doug and I are working on a fun hack for those flying disco ball toys! The idea is to do some IR experiments. Here’s what we’ve figured out. It seems...
Clock Back-light
I am looking at adding back-light to my vinyl clock project. This proof of concept is battery powered but I think I will need something with more longevity.
Heart Beat
Heartbeat is a wearable electronic pendant. The project (Avatar) will be a collection of pendants. I’m working on some interactive effects and these prototypes are a platform for that. I’m...
Cake Stand with LEDs
I made this set of lit cake stands. I made 12 columns for three cakes 5″, 8″ and 11″ tall. The columns are 2″ square. As you can see in...
Light Ideas
This is a collection of ideas for interactive and immersive light installations. These are things I’m interested in doing that could be deployed at a festival or a club. Interactive...
Dancing Laser Flower
I’ve got this laser show toy that gives an interesting projection by shining a laser on two wobbly mirrors which are attached to motors. I wanted to make my own using...
Parol Contest 2014
I learned about Christmas Parol Lanterns last year and love making them. This year I was invited to enter a Parol contest. Order Parol Kits! What came forward was the Laser Parol. It’s...
Masquerade Masks
I was challenged to make a masquerade mask (or masks). I wanted make it a bit like Firefly. First one came out great despite limited time. I learned a few things and...
Photonic Levitation
At Makerfaire I got a few suggestions for the wakalong glider project but this one really stands out. Doug was noticing the gliders flying around but he often couldn’t see the gliders...
Single LED Clock
An example of this LED clock is installed in my 2014 rooster project. I’ve been thinking about making a single LED clock that uses color to display time for a little...
FireFly: Wearable Social Pendant
Firefly is a social pendant that reacts to social situations and human contact (Firefly development timeline). It creates visualizations of human group-social dynamic in real time using color. Both for...
Hack UR Yard
A wave of blue light traverses a network of garden lights in response to an intruder.[/caption] After working on the Firefly project which has infra red communications and LED lights,...
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