A new reactive LED façade has been installed at the Hotel WZ Jardins in São Paulo, Brazil. The façade responds to sounds, air quality and people's interaction with a smartphone app. It is part of a ...

[Nick] wrote in telling us about the LED cube he built over the course of six months. He calls LED cubes ‘done to death,’ but [Nick] might be too humble. His 8x8x8 RGB LED cube is the best we’ve ever ...

In modern buildings, lighting is more than just a basic function; it enhances the aesthetics of the building, increases safety and adds value to the property. Upgrading your lighting infrastructure is ...

About 2 weeks ago, I set out to research grow lights to supplement the scarce natural light we get here at 51°N. But after looking at quite a few offers, I decided to DIY it. My requirements don't ...

Ben Cooper, Geoffrey Lewis and Tom Vladeck were students together at Pomona College when a lightbulb went off, literally. Entranced by making the world a better place through environmental ...

What’s the smallest RGB LED cube? A 1x1x1 cube is easy, but it’s a stupid joke and we’ve heard it before. No, to build the smallest LED cube, you’ll have to stuff 64 RGB LEDs into a cubic inch, like ...

Frank Hertel’s project: three individually dimmable LED lights. (Frank is the master of recycling; the wooden mounting pedestals are the panels from a decommissioned ATI console!) Thanks for your ...

Smaller IC packages, ball-grid arrays, and a variety of solder pastes are prompting electronics engineers to look for better, more dependable lighting solutions for machine vision. “The ...

Me too. I don’t miss the meetings about products or mockups or the reviews; I miss the thrill of being close to the problem, the creative tension of choosing what not to build, and the moment ...