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Maker Idea #4 Use Sensors to control lights on Your Skateboard, Shoes or Ears

Submitted by Make Haven on

MakeHaven has sensors and Arduinos with them you can take senor data (sound, light, vibration, radio, etc) and turn it into light. How about a skate board that lights brighter the faster you go, or earrings that light up when you shake your head, or a scarf that tells you the temperature.

We bought a bunch of these led lights (neo pixils) for the make-a-thon, register now and start inventing!

 

Ears

Source: https://learn.adafruit.com/gemma-hoop-earrings

Scarf

Source: https://blog.adafruit.com/2016/01/20/thermometer-scarf-using-flora-wearablewednesday/

 

Skateboard

Source: https://learn.adafruit.com/flora-neopixel-led-skateboard-upgrade/overview

 

Shoes

 

Display

We also have a large LED display to play with, it is perfect for putting cool art and want to display web data to the public.  

 

What else can you light up? Pretty much anything!