Collaborate Disseminate
The manufacturer of well-priced TV streaming devices has partnered with Wyze to release affordable cameras, smart plugs, and smart lights. Continue reading Roku’s Smart Camera Lets You Keep an Eye on Your Yard
IKEA make a lot of different lamps, including useful motion-sensitive models that can click on when you walk past. [Andrew Menadue] trialed one as a night light, but it was …read more Continue reading IKEA LED Lamp Gets Hacked For Night Light Duty
The structure of computer game assets can be a bit of a mystery, even more so the older a game is, and some amount of reverse-engineering can be expected when …read more Continue reading The Tools That Lovingly Tore Apart a Vintage Computer Game
Is your child scared of the dark? These tech tips can help vanquish the monsters in the closet—or create good vibes for teens. Continue reading How to Use Smart Lighting to Transform Your Kid’s Bedroom
When [itzikdiy]’s kids asked for a night light for their room, he got the bright idea to build something that straddles the line between portable and permanent. This fixture-less fixture plugs directly into a wall socket and is turned on …read more
Continue reading Elegant and Portable DIY Nightlight Becomes a Fixture for Hacker’s Kids
Don’t you hate getting up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom? The worst part is not being able to see what you’re doing, but if you turn on a light, you’ll lose your night vision. Nightlights are supposed to be the best solution, but are usually …read more
E-waste is a gigantic problem, and it can seem impossible as a lone individual to make any kind of dent in it. But [akshar1101] is trying to do their part by looking past the defective aspects of broken, discarded electronics to draw out the possibilities of what’s left.
This friendly …read more
If you’re planning to get into circuit sculpture one of these days, it would probably be best to start with something small and simple, instead of trying to make a crazy light-up spaceship or something with a lot of curves on the first go. A small form factor doesn’t necessarily …read more
Continue reading Tiny Circuit Sculpture Keeps the Night Watch
It’s hard to part with some things, even if they’re broken and were worth next to nothing to begin with. But some things are just special, y’know? And we would say in this case, the thing was definitely worth saving.
[Taste the Code]’s daughter’s beloved night light had a terrible …read more
Continue reading Fixing the Flicker Afflicting a Night Light
[ossum] has a baby on the way. He admits that he got a bit carried away, brimming with parental excitement. What resulted is a fully articulated LED WiFi lamp that blooms and glows dramatically in the friendly confines of the oncoming baby’s room.
We’ve covered [ossum]’s work before. As usual, he started off by showing his complete mastery of Fusion360 and making the rest of us look bad. If you want to learn 360, we recommend scrobbing through his models to see how it’s done. The base encloses an ESP8266 and a hobby servo. A clever mechanism pulls down on …read more
Continue reading Blooming Flower Lamp Will Test Your 3D Printer