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UK-based Adaptalux hit Kickstarter in 2015 with a modular lighting system aimed at macro photographers that featured bendy LED arms for creative lighting opportunities. Fueled by success, the development team returned four years later with Xenon flash … Continue reading Adaptalux lights up macro photography with improved Xenon flash modules
The ESP32 and ESP8266 spread like wildfire a few years ago due to their small form factor, low price, and wireless capability. They didn’t just take over the DIY scene, …read more Continue reading Modifying Lights for DIY Ambiance
Sometimes there are places in a home that could really use a ceiling or wall light, but that it isn’t worth hard-wiring one into. Well, that’s where the German-made, suction-mounted Neozoon lamp is designed to come in.Continue ReadingCategory: Around T… Continue reading Suction-cup-packin’ lamp sticks it to darkness
If you worked in a dingy, windowless environment, it would be nice (and energy-efficient) if you could get natural daylight “piped in” from outside. An experimental device does exactly that, in a new compact and robust form.Continue ReadingCategory: Go… Continue reading Sunlight-concentrating ball illuminates dark places
We know you’re beautiful, but maybe that cheap web camera from 2007 doesn’t always project your best image. Although web cameras are starting to come back down from the pandemic price gouging days, you could just build yourself a ring …read more
Continue reading One Ring Light to Fool Them All into Thinking You’re Well-Rested
Video chats have become an essential substitute for in-person visits during the current pandemic, but you might find that you need more than webcam hardware to make the most of the experience. Once you add a quality microphone and adequate lighting to … Continue reading Webcam, microphone and lighting combined for video chat all-in-one
For most of us, the solution to having a non-dimmable LED light bulb but needing a dimmable one is a simple as a drive to the store to get the right kind of bulb. But that seems downright boring, not …read more
Thanks to options like Mpowerd Luci solar strings and BioLite NanoGrid hanging lanterns, string lighting has started to creep in on the old, reliable lantern as the campsite ambient lighting source of choice. Such hanging lights create as much atmosphe… Continue reading Nite Ize brightens camp and van life with colorful fiber optic strand
Real sunlight is a beautiful thing, but due to the vagaries of Earth’s orbit and local weather systems, it’s not available all the time. [Matt] decided this wasn’t good enough, and set about building a rig to replicate the sun’s rays as closely as possible.
The great distance between the …read more
Continue reading “Artificial Sun” Lighting Via Old Satellite Dishes
We consider ourselves well-versed when it comes to the technical literature plastered on hardware store parts. Acronyms don’t frighten us, and our Google-fu is strong enough to overcome most mysteries. One bit of dark magic we didn’t understand was the gobbledygook on LED lamps. Wattage is easy and color temperature …read more