About 2 weeks ago, I set out to research grow lights to supplement the scarce natural light we get here at 51°N. But after looking at quite a few offers, I decided to DIY it. My requirements don't ...

My family has a cabin in the woods of Northern California. We built the “new cabin” in the late 1950s when the one built in 1922 had too many maintenance issues. Before our recent overhaul, its ...

Motion-triggered lighting isn't new, but nor is it generally aesthetically pleasing; if I were Edo Kreigsmann I think I'd be running up and down the stairs all night. His DIY LED lighting system doesn ...

We’ve all seen Daft Punk helmet builds, but [George’s] project is a homemade LED helmet that takes no shortcuts and packs the visor full of hundreds of individual lights. He started with a prototype ...

A variety of options are offered by Chevrolet for the mid-engined C8 Corvette, and among them is the $995 Engine Appearance Package, which includes carbon fiber closeout panels and LED engine ...

This expandable LED display for a microcontroller in Figure 1 has a simple interface with only 6 data/control wires and can be easily accommodated to a DIY design. The display has static indication.

If you hate driving in the dark, then I think you'll enjoy seeing this video of a DIY LED light bar setup. Not only does this thing make everything bright, it takes the dark out behind some dumpsters ...

These light up paper circuit cards were much easier to make than I expected and only need a few inexpensive materials.

The amateur videographers among CrunchGear’s readership (hello!) know that even with the high-tech video tools we have available to us today, lighting can often be an issue. Pros take lighting very ...