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Unicorn Hat with Moving Ears
Really simple robotics and lights bring this mythical creature to life
by Erin St Blaine
Connect Circuit Playground to two mini servos and make unicorn ears that move! Control them with a mini joystick hidden in your pocket. Use Circuit Playground's onboard neopixels to add a glowing rainbow horn, and you're ready to ride out with the fairies.
Circuit Playground Seashell Pendant
Elegant, easy to make and full of Mermaid style
by Erin St Blaine
Use Circuit Playground to make a classy seashell necklace that goes with every outfit. Change colors and brightness on the fly with a click of Circuit Playground's onboard buttons. We even included a sound reactive mode to invoke Ariel's necklace from the Little Mermaid. This is an easy project that kids of all ages will adore.
Wonder Woman Cosplay Bracers
Block bullets with Motion & Sound
by Erin St Blaine
Use Circuit Playground's onboard accelerometer and microphone to block invisible bullets from all directions. Neopixels and side-glow acrylic create a super cool lightning effect guaranteed to protect your friends from all imaginary foes. Now where did I park my invisible plane?
Neopixel Jewel 10 Minute Necklace
Create a stunning piece of jewelry with this easy project.
by Erin St Blaine
Use a Gemma and a Neopixel Jewel to create a stunning necklace. The parts in this project cost less than $25, and it's simple and easy to do: great for beginners, kids, or as a simple insert to make any jewelry craft light up. Build it in 10 minutes and it will glow all night long.
Glowing Viking Rune wayFinder
Create ancient magic with modern science
by Erin St Blaine
3d printing and laser-cut acrylic combine with neopixels and Arduino to create a movie-worthy Viking rune artifact. Wear it as a belt buckle or cloak clasp and launch your epic cosplay deep into the lost realm of magic and fantasy.
Sparkle Skirt Playground
Lights, Sound and Motion for Your Ensemble
by Erin St Blaine
Create a versatile petticoat slip with sound reactive, motion reactive and changing color palette modes.
Circuit Playground & Fiber Optics
It's Mardi Gras every day - No Soldering Required
by Erin St Blaine
Use light pipe and fiber optics together with Circuit Playground's built in neopixels to light up your entire project with no soldering.
Circuit Playground's Motion Sensor
Twinkle lights with acceleration!
by Erin St Blaine
A short tutorial on how to access and understand the accelerometer / motion sensor on a Circuit Playground.
Glowing WhoVille Hat
Be the brightest Who in Whoville
by Erin St Blaine
This twinkling hat made with Fosshape and Flora will make you the life of the party this holiday season.
Rainbow Chakra LED Hoodie
Ground yourself in Burner Style
by Erin St Blaine
Learn two different methods for adding LEDs to a hoodie or jacket, with neopixel button control for changing colors and modes.
Light of Your Life Wedding Bouquet
Beautiful flowers that glow more brightly when your love is near
by Erin St Blaine
Your world gets brighter when she's nearby. Your wedding flowers should too. This bouquet and boutonniere are paired with RF radios and neopixels. The closer the two are together, the brighter the flowers glow. Show the whole world the way she makes you feel.
3d Printed Neopixel Tactile Switch Buttons
Wearable-friendly illuminated controls for your project
by Erin St Blaine
Control your LED clothing or project artfully with these low-profile neopixel tactile buttons. Buttons can change colors when pressed and control any other actions you want your wearable tech to perform.
LED Campfire
Because it's not camping without a fire
by Erin St Blaine
Sit around this mesmerizing LED campfire and tell stories, sing songs and bask in its firey glow -- no lighter fluid required.
Dauntless Dotstar Gauntlets
This is some serious cosplay tech. Throw it down.
by Erin St Blaine
Pre-recorded video plays back on a handmade LED matrix, creating effortless and endless shifting light patterns on your wrists. Move over, Iron Man.
Imaging & Choreography for KineticPOV Toys
Tell a story with your poi or staff project
by Erin St Blaine
How-to video that goes through choosing music, creating and converting images, and choreographing a timecode-scripted performance for the Supernova Poi or MorningStar Double Staff projects, or any project using the KineticPOV code.
Remote Controlled LED Tea Light Sconce
Dotstars and IR control bring your wall to life
by Erin St Blaine
Turn an old candelabra into a colorful 3d Printed LED display that will enhance the decor of your home or office. Change modes and brightness with a remote control, and harness the power of FastLED to add your own color animations.
Alohamora Bottle
Cast a magic spell with capacitive touch
by Erin St Blaine
Create a magical interactive potion bottle costume accessory with lights and mystical touch interaction. Unlock all the magics with science!
Pixie CyberWig - A Wearable WiFi LED Visualization
Wireless video on your head
by Erin St Blaine
Dotstar LED cyber dreds wirelessly reflect the colors and movement on your computer screen. Use music visualizers to effortlessly project sound reactivity and color to your costume.
Twinkling Neopixel Parasol
Subtly Shifting Lights and Lace
by Erin St Blaine
Bring a beautiful light show with you wherever you go. Customizable colors of twinkling neopixels light your way at night.
Supernova Poi
They'll be able to see you spinning from Planet 9
by Erin St Blaine
These prodigious POV poi pack a pretty punch. Super fast and super high resolution Dotstar LEDs a giant 2200mAh battery, easy control with an infrared sensor and remote, and a galactic amount of memory so you can upload hundreds of images and spin all night.
Fiber Optic Pixie Skirt
Magical lights twinkle and change as you twirl
by Erin St Blaine
Create fiber optic organza ruffles that shine super bright, powered by Pixie 3W addressable LEDs. Add a motion sensor and squeal with delight as the skirt changes animation modes with every twirl across the dance floor.
Morning Star POV Double Staffs
288 points of twirling, programmable lights
by Erin St Blaine
Remote-controllable twirling double staff batons create a mesmerising light show. Upload your own logos, patterns, or pictures. An IR remote control lets you easily change pattern, brightness, or speed.
Galaxy Pendant
Wireless charging and rugged indestructibility in a beautiful little glowing pendant
by Erin St Blaine
Make a necklace, hat, or bike accessory that's virtually indestructible. This gorgeous twinkly wearable light is playa-proof, kid-proof, spill-proof, and ocean-proof. Wear it while exploring sunken ships, walking on the moon or exploring the desert, or give it to your teething 2 year old.
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Ursula's Seashell Necklace
Steal Ariel's Voice (and her man) with SCIENCE
by Erin St Blaine
This 3d printed, sound reactive nautilus seashell necklace uses a flora, neopixel ring and microphone breakout to recreate Ursula the Sea Witch's magical necklace from The Little Mermaid.
ReBoots Animated LED Boot Laces
These boots are made for dancing, and that's just what they'll do
by Erin St Blaine
Neopixels and light pipe animate your boot laces and make you jump out from the crowd. The laces animate smoothly while you walk around, and go crazy when you stomp your feet to the beat.