March 30, 2011 – Hacked Gadgets

Automatic LED Stair Lighting System – Reactive Lighting

Alan Parekh March 30, 2011 5

I have been spending all sorts of time recently getting ready for the release of the Reactive Lighting – LED Stair Lighting System. The powerful stair lighting controller and wide variety of stair lights has gotten a lot of attention from some of the partners that we have been working with pre-launch. We will be launching the company tomorrow (March 31, 2011) at the Home Expressions show here in Winnipeg

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Electronic Magic 8 Ball

Alan Parekh March 30, 2011

Remember those magic 8 balls that would help you make decisions? Well Pete Mills decided to make one but of course it isn’t filled with fluid this Magic 8 Ball is filled with electronic goodness. It is controlled by a ATMega328 and if you want to make your own Pete has posted the code here. “You can see the mercury switch in the picture below.Â It is hot glued to