Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Notification Desk


Materials: Ikea Galant, LED Strips, Arduino

Description: Network connected RGB LEDs provide event notifications by shining through a frosted glass desk. As seen at Bay Area Maker Faire 2012!




* Cut peg board to match frame of Galant.
* Arrange lights and microcontroller
* connect power and signal wires
* upload code to controller
* send commands to desk over http

Detailed instructions of the LED desk light here.

~ Michael LaGrasta, San Diego, Ca
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5 comments:

  1. By event notification you mean that for example when you get incoming Skype call you table flash lights? Cool :)

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  2. Very cool. Very modern looking, kind of like a spaceship haha

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  3. really cool ... how much do you sell it? ;D

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  4. OMG wow! This is the best thing I have ever seen. It looks totally space age!

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