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Since I have been playing with green lasers for about a year, I never saw any good use for them except to point them to the sky or buildings.

Since the green laser has a lot of power, especially the one DragonLasers sent me recently, I decided it was time to make a simple green laser projector without me spending days to build one.

This simpler green laser projector was made so I could use it for my next party and I always wanted to make this. Although this laser projector only does one animation, 2 whirpools, I planned to improve upon after making this very basic version.

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When the motor is stopped, it also displays a bunch of green laser stars like this:

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One of our long-time readers and a winner of a free Green Laser, Brian Gaut from Schwippy, has made a new website explaining how to make the Emergency Party Button and transform your livingroom into an automated “Jame Bond style” party room.

As seen in the video, this is a great way to transform your livingroom into a party dance club.

Once Brian presses on the emergency party button, the curtain closes automatically, light dim out, then all the party lights, music, laser, steam, and strobe lights start coming out.

Really neat, great job Brian for finally documenting your party invention!

Basically, it is exactly what it sounds like; a button that instantly launches a party. When pressed, the blinds to my apartment close, the kitchen, hallway, dining room, and living room lights dim, the stereo starts blasting Haddaway - What Is Love, black lights turn on, laser lights start moving to the music, a strobe light goes on, and the fog machine starts up.

With another press of the button, the party is gone as easily as it started.

It may not be the most hi-tech thing in the world, but people sure as hell love it when they come over.

(The Emergency Party Button)

(Strobe Light)

(Fog Machine)

The parts are pretty discrete so if you live with your parents, you might even use this method to “hide” your weekend parties while your parents are gone.

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Well, these guys were at Maker Faire last year but I missed their show everytime since I had a Maker booth.

This year, I got the whole footage on tape:

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Enjoy~

Btw, you can find more information about these super-gigantic tesla coils over at Lod.org.

Boy, these things are way cool, maybe there’s more uses for it than simply a show. Perhaps, power my back-to-the-future vehicle, De Lorean. (speaking of which, I heard they were going to sell them again soon…)

Here’s an excerpt from their website:

In 1998, LOD designed, constructed and commissioned the Electrum Project, a privately-owned lightning sculpture in New Zealand. Electrum provided a “real world test-bed” for the computer-based design methods needed to approach a large-scale coil design. Electrum’s spacious top electrode also allowed a unique opportunity to measure in detail the intricate dynamics of the streamer discharges — by enclosing a human observer inside the sphere, armed with test equipment.

In 2003, LOD completed the second Conceptual Design [CD2], using the test data and experience gained from the Electrum Project. The CD2 makes several optimizations to the tower and top electrode geometry, and incorporates recent technological improvements in the primary drive circuitry. In the CD2 each tower is now 122 feet high and features shielded observation areas for experimenters inside each top electrode.

This has got to be a winner, imagine balancing on the edge of a chair while you try and change a light bulb, only to find that it is still hot or when you put it in the light switch is on and you get blinded by the light?

Well worry no more for there is help out there with the motorized bulb changer, how good is that? Well it is really good reaching up to 17ft high and even has a remote control for those awkward times when you just can’t get to.

Source [Funniest Gadgets]

With all of the electrical items that we all have today, it will be foolish to think that the wires and cables are a nice addition to your home, so it may be a good idea to find a solution that will do the job in a simple yet cost effective manner.

These lamps do precisely that by covering the messy wires and plugs and at the same time providing a nice warm lamp in the process.

Priced at $165

Source [Oh Gizmo]