LEDs have a special place in every maker's heart, and it's because we all love the ability to create light at moment's notice. Almost every project I have made over the last two decades has included ...

Grab your Raspberry Pi out of the drawer it’s sat in for far too long, dust it off, and get ready to tackle some fun projects this weekend. Today, I’m going to show you how to build your own ...

NeoPixels and other addressable LED strings are a technology that have made vibrant, glowing LED projects accessible to all. Of course, it’s nice to be able to simulate your new glowy project in ...

Makers and electronic enthusiasts looking to add light and colour to the next project may be interested in the arrival of a new NeoPixel RGB Neon-like LED Flex Strip to the Adafruit online store.

Should a clock be round? Depends on the style of clock, we suppose. After all, we wouldn’t expect to see a digital clock with a round readout just for fun. But a binary clock — that’s another animal ...

Between all the telescopes, rocket engines, and body parts that people are printing these days, there are so many crazy additive manufacturing projects in the world that a 3D-printed TV hardly seems ...

Here's a nice one for those looking to incorporate LEDs with a touch or proximity switch into a project: the company Bare Conductive shows how to use an LED strip light with its Touch Board. The ...

Thanks to their versatility, commodity-level pricing and the eye-popping visual effects they create, programmable LED strips have become a staple ingredient for both Maker-style projects and more ...