About: Justin Tyler Tate is an artist, designer, animator, teacher, jeweler and maker/hacker who produces with thoughts of culture, science and interactivity.

This is a pretty simple project. After you finish it you can use it for many of your lighting needs such as a night-light, for general ambiance, or for whatever you can think of. The project is built to be run off of a USB power supply (5v) so it is also pretty versatile in terms of power usage; you can switch the USB cable for a battery pack (3 x 1.5v) or a wall adapter (DC 4.5-6v) that you might have laying around from an old cell phone.

The design is made to fit into a corner ("Nobody puts Baby in a corner") and project light into the rest of the room.



You'll need the following materials and tools:

Some scrap wood, approximately 6" x 2" x 2" (or 190mm x 120mm x 60mm)

30 1.5v LEDs (red or green)

1 toggle switch

1 10 ohm resistor

Two different colors of insulated wire, about 3 feet (1m) each

5/8" or ~15mm long screws

A table saw

A mitre saw or a hand saw

a drill + drill bits

A soldering iron + solder

A hot glue gun + glue sticks

A solderless breadboard



*The total build time should be less than 8 hours.