Evil Pig – Creative Switch

The Evil Pig stuffed animal uses brass snaps on its feet to complete the circuit to light the LEDs. The LEDs are connected in series to each other with a resistor and are powered by a 9-volt battery that rests in the belly of the pig. The negative lead to the battery is connected to…

Brandon Morse By Ellen Abnee

Creative Switch: LED Candle

LED Candle This is the way the circuit is set up, with the LEDs inf parallel  Here is the candle on and off   The bottom of the candle was carved out so I could fit all of the wiring neatly inside. Video

Creative Switch: Light Up Solo Cup: Nick Savidge

My Creative Switch Project is the “Light Up Solo Cup”. This is the second version of my project, I cleaned up from my original version. Very simple circuit with an easy concept of using a conductive material like aluminum as well as water to complete a circuit and switch on a couple LEDs. The set…

/creative Switch_LED Tambourine

You know whats better than a Tambourine?! A Light up LED  Dora the Explorer  tambourine! There nothing like the joy of making annoying noise with Lights when you tilt tambourine vertically!

Creative Switch: Hat

For my creative switch project, I made a hat with 2 LEDs that are activated when you lean your head forward. I used a mercury tilt switch. Everything is secured inside the hat with duct tape. Video Demo: http://vimeo.com/59958662 Megan Troutman

Creative Switch: Bvolta

Creative Switch: Flash Bang In this creative switch project, 30 green LEDs are activated when the cylindrical object is lowered onto a contact plate. The aesthetics of the piece are influenced by the film Blade Runner and the works of Matthew Barney in Drawing Restraint. The labor intensive act of raising and lowering the cylindrical weighted pipe produces…