[Jeremy Blum] aimed to be the brightest trainee at his Master’s graduation ceremony this spring. He designed an LED rig for his mortar board which should battle the sun’s intensity by utilizing as much as 21 watts of power. however he didn’t stop with attractive intensity. while he was at it he likewise included some interactive features so the guy behind him has a method to keep from going blind.
One thing that truly caught our eye is the 3D printed parts he produced for the project. There’s a nice installing plate for the LED side of things, as well as a wrist-mounted enclosure for the Raspberry Pi board. Wait, why does he requirement an RPi to drive some LEDs? We already mention interactivity which is facilitated by the Pi acting as a WiFi hotspot. link to the gain access to point as well as select a color. If you’re in the seat behind [Jeremy] you’ll want to select black! All of this and is explained in his video presentation.