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The saying goes, “Rome wasn’t built in a day,” but the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai just may prove the opposite. Since the city’s decision to expand its economic scope beyond the oil industry in 2003, Dubai has experienced what some are calling an unprecedented boom. From tourism and international business to population and Learn More

Last week I started with a preview for today’s blog: 2 houses decked out in RGB LED lights, synched to the 2012 smash YouTube sensation, Oppa Gangnam Style. Today, on Christmas Eve, I bring you the best DIY LED light show I found after scouring several from around the country. Enjoy! The creators behind this Learn More

Last weekend I went to Vegas, but instead of gambling, I spent my time installing some sustainable art for a new bike company…and I got to use some of Elemental LED’s RGB LED lights to make the whole thing sing. Here’s what happened: Last month, my eco-art organization, RuckusRoots, was asked to create a booth Learn More

I have almost completed the process for adding LED strip lighting to the underside of a table. Along the way we have learned how to make use of LED strip light L sections, how to mount, measure, cut and solder LED strip lights and how to make the lighting portable with a 12V battery pack. Learn More

I’ll finish off this week with another inventive installation by Daan Roosegaarde, who is quickly becoming one of my favorite contemporary artists. If you missed them, check out Roosegaarde’s wireless LED crystals and sustainable dance floor, which I reviewed earlier this week. Complete with 4 different iterations, Dune is one of Roosegaarde’s most popular and Learn More

Have you ever left the salon thinking you’re looking as suave as Paris Hilton, only to discover in the light of day you’re looking more like Perez? Turns out it’s a common beauty-related problem that LED lighting can fix! At the 2012 Behind the Chair Stylist Choice awards in Chicago, winner of the “Favorite Haircolor Learn More

I just got off the phone with GreenCitizen, a San Francisco Bay Area e-waste management company.  Their mission is to reduce the amount of toxins caused by e-waste, reuse as much e-waste as possible, and keep e-waste resources here in California. What is E-waste? “E” stands for electronic and waste… well you get the idea.  Learn More

I just read a great interview of Joel Makower who talks about our current world disposition and how our happiness and our unsustainable behavior are actually at odds with each other. Makower discusses the difficulty changing toward a more sustainable life and the obstacles in our way.  By evaluating the meaning of terms like green Learn More

No, these are not your typical throw-some-lights-on-a-bush-and-call-it-a-day holiday displays. These DIY hackers, geeks and freaks have taken the “festival of lights” concept to a whole new level. Combining high tech LED lighting systems with audio/visual choreography and a healthy dose of ingenuity, these families know how to get Christmas and Hanukah done right. Enjoy, and Learn More

The 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s infamous demise will take place on April 15th 2012, and while we’d like to commemorate it properly (bawling our eyes out over the sight of Leo’s frozen face descending into the water), resin artist and self-proclaimed “inspirationalist” Dodo Newman has a different idea. Newman has proposed to build a Learn More