Matthew Leone from LeoneLabs has just completed his Laser Ball project, it was built inside a tennis ball and uses an Arduino Teensy to power and control 14 red lasers. The ball modes can be changed using a simple mini remote control. The project looks great and apparently took only 5 hours to complete, I am thinking that documenting the project must have taken just as long as the build since the video and pictures of the process look great!
“Materials:
- $42 – Red lasers (14) (Buy from Aixiz) (Buy from DealExtreme)
- $9 – Battery (Buy Li-Ion batteries from Sparkfun)
- $16 – Teensy microcontroller (Buy from PRJC)
- $5 – IR remote (Buy from Adafruit)
- $2 – IR receiver (Buy from Adafruit)
- $2 – Diffraction Grating (Buy from Edmund Scientific) (Buy from Ebay)
- $1 – JST connector (Buy from Sparkfun)
- $1 – Tennis Ball (your closet…)
Total cost:
- $78″
