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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

My "bedazzLED" denim jacket tutorial is up on @makemagazine 's site without a paywall now! It's a practical wearable project that's looks cute even when it's not illuminated. makezine.com/projects/bedazzled-jea…

There colorful Illuminated flowers on the back of a denim jacket

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

New soft polyhedron. This rhombicuboctahedeon was an attempt to see if I could make a soft-sided polyhedron that didn't totally deform to a sphere when stuffed, so each face is lined with thick fusible interfacing and the exterior fabric is heavy canvas. It's […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

@ferrix true, though everyone had the same challenge with that side.

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026

The light show over the lake each night was beautiful, and even more fun when the fire cannons (not pictured) fired.

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026

I loved the giant, functional LED rubix cube installation, though I'm not tall enough to see the top side.

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026

The illuminated hat game was strong in the evenings, and it was a terrific place to wear the gorgeous hand-crocheted LED beanie that @alpenglow made. It was a great place for *all* illuminated wearables.

me wearing an illuminated knit beanie standing next to a man wearing a functional 8x8x8 RGB LED cube mounted on a hard hat.

me, wearing the same illuminated beanie, standing next to a man with LED string lights covering the outside of a hard hat, and a other man with a short top hat covered in LEDs displaying a fire animation

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026

The kids in the infinity mirror workshop were wonderfully creative, and if anyone wants to do this project themselves, instructions are at www.geekmomprojects.com/infinite-fa…

A fairy light infinity mirror creature like the one in the previous post, except that this one has been decorated to resemble a spider with a white spiderweb.

A fairy light infinity mirror creature like the one in the previous post, except that this one has been decorated to resemble a penguin

A fairy light infinity mirror creature like the one in the previous post, except that this one has been decorated to resemble a ladybug holding an orange flower

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026

Still struggling to find the words to describe what a wonderful adventure #emfcamp was. I'll upload a few pictures in this thread. A friend took this wonderful photo of me while I was teaching a kids' workshop to make an "infinity mirror fairy creature."

A craft work butterfly with pink and gree pipe cleaner wings and antennae with googly eyes in its black foam head and a circular infinity mirror as its belly. A reflection of me, wearing an orange hat with my hands on my hips is visible in the center of the mirror.

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026

Hello, #emfcamp, I'm sorry to spam, but I just realized the shuttle from EMF to Ledbury station starts too late for me tomorrow. Does anyone have room to give me plus two full size suitcases a lift to Ledbury station tomorrow morning (Monday) before 8:00 a.m. I will happily pay for the ride or […]

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

@andypiper I need to stop by to say hi. Are you going to be anywhere easy to find you tomorrow?

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Hel Gibbons 🌈⚡ @jankmammal.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

Had a lovely time in @geekmomprojects ’s workshop earlier and now my hat is a million times cooler #emfcamp

Blue haired weirdo with a cool light up hat and a cool light up workshop

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026

On the train from London to Ledbury, desperately trying to finish the firmware for the Ouija badges I'm bringing to #enfcamp. Bonus points if I can get documentation done before I arrive.

A laptop resting on a pull down tray on a train seat. The laptop is running Arduino IDE, and connected via an Arduino Nano based UPDI programmer to a small PCB that looks like an Ouija board with LEDs under the letters and numbers.

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026

Also will be running a workshop for them at #teardown2026 immediately afterwards. It's going to be a busy next couple of weeks!

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026

Just finished these prototype LED hats. I'll be leading a workshop to make them at #emf2026.

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

@njf yes, I slip them through each other and they flex just a bit, but not all that much

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026

Designed three interlocking squares that come together in an octahedron. LEDs will be involved at some point.

A brown table with three 3d printed hollow squares, about 6 cm long on each edge and 6mm thick, lying on top. the corners of each square contain notches either on the inside or outside of the corner. Behind the squares is a 3D octahedron which is formed by assembling the three squares to form the octahedron's edges.

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/04/2026

I made this hyperboloid years ago when LED strings were only available with 10 cm spacing. The old LED string broke, so I restrung it with higher density pixels, and am playing with 3D patterns on the #pixelblaze controller.

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/03/2026

I am an orchid show taking a tour. The speaker, a lovely older lady, explained that growers are very generous in sharing cuttings freely and that their generosity "puts the 'whore' in 'horticulture!'" 😂

A large display of many different colors and types of orchids.

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/02/2026

@yayael Right?!?! I have a whole series of those too interacting and at it's adorable, though that is by far the best photo. I'm convinced they are a penguin couple.

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2026

Since people seem to like the penguins, I have to post this photo, which somebody else on my ship took. I think it belongs in National Geographic. We saw two orcas chasing a poor penguin which darted underneath our ship multiple times to try to escape. Zoom […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

An orca reaching the water in Hot pursuit of a penguin which is also left out of the water in front of it. The penguin's face shows true desperation in its attempt to escape.

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2026

@pixelpusher220 yes, the best way to see them is definitely in their natural habitat.

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2026

I recently returned from an incredible trip to Antarctica and I need everyone to look at my penguin photos.

Two penguins on a rocky beach looking at each other while one opens its mouth widely and looks like it's shouting at the other

A parent penguin on its rocky nest with two small fuzzy chicks under its belly

A penguin on a rocky Beach looking askew to the side

A penguin on a Rocky Beach leaning to the side with one leg raised slightly behind it and looking at the camera in a very amusing pose

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/12/2025

Video of the illumination so far with a dumb LED controller. The plan is to program it to display messages.

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/12/2025

Ended up needing a new sewing machine, but now that it's arrived, I've been able to finish sewing the Ouija messenger bag. The project has entered the hot-glue phase. Only a few LEDs left to go.

An exterior of a beige messenger bag with a Ouija board on the front flat. The board itself is made from etched faux leather with cutouts for 3D printed letters that are illuminated from behind.

The front of the LED Ouija board messenger bag with the letters and numbers illuminated from behind in rainbow colors

The view inside the front flap of the messenger bag with a panel zipped open to reveal the back side of the illuminated letters which are surrounded by EVA foam with cutouts at the letter positions. Each letter cutout is filled with hot glues and has two LEDs from an LED string attached to eliminate the letter from behind.

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/11/2025

@tobiw @gvlx I wouldn't assume the boards have the exact same layout, since they do look different, and it is possible to have a bad batch of PCBs or ICs, so it's good to see if the errors point to any one of those problems. Maybe try swapping the ICs from bad boards to known good ones to see if […]

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/11/2025

@tobiw @gvlx are the faulty ones from both vendors or a particular vendor?

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/11/2025

@tobiw @gvlx actually, now that I look closer, several pass appear to differ between the PCBs

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/11/2025

@tobiw @gvlx there appears to be an extra solder pad on the bottom PCB in this image vs the top PCB

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/11/2025

@tobiw @gvlx have you double-checked to make sure that the LEDs are in the correct way around?

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/11/2025

@tobiw Hard to know for sure from the picture, but two connection points are possibly bridged in the bottom PCB

Two green PCBs with lots of solder points

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/11/2025

@ferrix it really was! It was early enough that not many students were around, just a vexed administrator trying to figure out how to deal with them all.

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/11/2025

A terrible Hitchcock remake appears to be taking place on the UCLA campus this morning.

A large number of abandoned Bird scooters on the UCLA campus

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Daniel James @hachyderm.thzinc.com · 21/11/2025

Ooooh, my LED strip lamp is assembled and works great! It produces a nice diffuse arc of light around a work area, and is flexible and movable and dimmable 😁

Photo of LED strip lamp in a 50cm arc on my desk, illuminating a 3D printed section of chain. My desk is cluttered with things behind a keyboard and trackpad

Closeup of 3D printed chain with clean diffuse lighting so that the details are clear

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Solder Party @solder.party · 10/11/2025

Love to see the creativity at display with all the customized @hackadayofficial.bsky.social Supercon badges! Photo by Jeremy Geppert

A collage of 8 photos, each showing a customized Supercon Badge. Mostly various 3D-printed or PCB front panels, but also one with a wrist adapter.

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/11/2025

@solder.party that's my Louis Vuitton knockoff in the upper left! I changed the "LV" to a more appropriate "SC". The chain lights up too (ofc)

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Solder Party @solder.party · 08/11/2025

The wait is finally over, we're happy to announce that the KeebDeck Keyboard and our first product using it, the KeebDeck Basic, are now available for sale from our @lectronz.com store! ⌨️ lectronz.com/stores/solde...

A photo of the KeebDeck Keyboard keypad and dome sheet. The dome sheet has many domes visible through the white plastic, and 8 black pieces of tape to cover where the backlight LEDs would be. The Keyboard has 69 keys with the usual PC layout, and a few extra ones color symbols and colors.

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/11/2025

I wore my Owl head and cyberpunk jacket for the Halloween party at #supercon and a bit Saturday night too. Though I had to keep taking it off to speak to people. At some point I need to add a speaker like those used for some storm trooper helmets.

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/11/2025

There were a number of cool badge cases at Supercon this year. @thzinc kinda vaporwave case was really cool in person. Also here's @geekmomprojects 's Souis Cuitton purse and ageppert's Speak&Spell

A Supercon badge cosplaying a designer bag

a Supercon badge cosplaying an 80s educational toy

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Karsten Schmidt @toxi.mastodon.thi.ng.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2025

Four ways (of many) recursively subdividing/tessellating a pentagon (made with thi.ng/geom-tessellate)... #TilingTuesday #Geometry #Subdivision #ThingUmbrella

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2025

I got my SAO boards in for #SuperCon, and, since I didn't leave enough time for revisions, a bodge wire is required. I'm just relieved it's fixable. Since SuperCon starts on Halloween this year, the "SAOuija" is nicely thematic. Still working on the code. I'd […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2025

In Santa Monica for the #nokings March. My sign was last minute but the hat and shirt have gotten a lot of use.

Four women at a no kings protest holding signs and wearing anti-fascist and no kings shirts and hats

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2025

Made a 🌈 on the new #RaspberryPi 500+, and l'm not sure I'll ever get past playing with the keyboard to use it for another purpose!

A mechanical keyboard which houses the new Raspberry Pi 500+ computer displaying a rainbow pattern across its keys.

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2025

Just set up a small wearables exhibit for this weekend's #BayAreaMakerFaire. I'll be giving workshops today and a talk tomorrow as well, so it's going to be a (fun) busy weekend!

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2025

For athletes who spend so much time practicing, they sure seem to have a lot of trouble catching the ball.

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