February 26, 2017 AT 2:00 am
Martin Cowell’s Reactive LED Pendant
From MartinCowell.com via Instructables:
Pairing two thousand addressable LEDs with sensors and the web, the pendant is aware of everything from local environments to twitter trends.
With a local weather API, the pendant brings the outside world indoors. Wake up with the sun and watch gray fog burn away as warm yellows wash over the pendant. An afternoon shower brings cool blue waves to the surface, and transitions to rich red sunset before the white moon rises.
Read more on MartinCowell.com or Instructables
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