Make Mag has an article linked from Evil Scientist Labs’ blog featuring edge-lit christmas cards. These things look pretty simple - some kind of relatively thick poly, an LED, and a battery. Oh, and some card stock. You have to check out this article. Very cool stuff, and pretty easy! Just don’t slice yourself with the exacto knife!
Make Mag has a purchasable kit for the HexPummer LED lantern - which is solar powered! The little LEDs inside “pumm” when the levels of light go down, draining the batteries in the little device of the day’s rays.
These things are cool! You know me and the nerdy stuff!
Have you ever checked out the “Maker’s Shed” at Make Magazine? Do you like to put stuff together and build circuits? Check out the Maker’s Shed.
Make Mag has an article about Marieke Staps’ “Soil Lamp,” which is an LED fixture that runs on mud and gets energy for illumination from the microbiotics in the soil.
What?
Seriously. Check it out. It’s a cool concept - an LED lamp that thinks it’s a plant!
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Jim on Light is written by Jim Hutchison, Chief Design Consultant of Alive Lighting. Jim has years of experience in the Entertainment Lighting industry. Jim is a member of USA Local 829.
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