MeFi Projects

This is a 10ft x10ft 3200 RGB pixel LED array that I have assembled in my living room. It's a prototype for a 10,000 pixel version I'm building for our Burning Man camp, Be There Now. I plan on using it as a sound reactive party light as well as an ego stroking Giant Selfie Machine. I am not a lighting designer or a professional LED nerd, I'm just a guy with a big living room and I'm not afraid to try stuff. Videos liquid effect scattered pixels free form a music driven test [more inside]
posted by bobdow on May 12, 2015 - 2 comments

Holiday is the brainchild of Mark Pesce, co-inventor of VRML and panellist on the (sadly discontinued) ABC TV show The New Inventors. Designed in Australia, Holiday is a product in the burgeoning Internet of Things arena: a string of 50 coloured LED lights connected to an ARM based controller (similar to the Raspberry Pi), and comes after a failed Kickstarter raised 'only' $275,000 for the original Light on which Holiday is based. [more inside]
posted by But tomorrow is another day... on Feb 24, 2014 - 0 comments

The Mothership, a Burning Man Mutant Vehicle covered in 4000 RGB LED lights. Ship design, questionable engineering and welding by Jon Zensius, lighting controllers, sketchy driving and programming by Bob Dow. [more inside]
posted by bobdow on Sep 5, 2013 - 1 comment