Liz Upton, the Director of Communications for Raspberry Pi Foundation, once posted a few interesting lighting projects that could really turn your Christmas lighting into an innovative miracle. In this write-up, we are revising those projects in the same manner and hope that these would inspire our readers into creating something new or at least modify their Christmas decorations this year in a more innovative way. Here is a synopsis of some interesting projects:
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ConsidrIT.Co.UK: The company took the IoT concept to a completely new level a few years back, when they wired up their complete office with a positive welter of beautiful fairy lights along with a networked Rasberry Pi. They also invited all employees to come in and switch the lights on and off while watching other employees over a live feed. You can feel good as well as bad about the people who accidently got subjected to this torment in effect of Raspberry Pi.
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In Home: A similar kind of set up was observed in a living room of a British house where the lights could be turned on and off over the tree.
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Savage Home Automation: One of the simplest versions of above given projects that could be used in regular life as well. Apart from the holiday season, you could attach a timer with the outdoor lights that will switch on and off as per everyday sunrise and sunset timings. You can easily discover the components and other things required for this purpose along with helpful photos and diagrams that can really help in building the whole system.
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Rumtopf: Rumtopf has always been known for coming up with the most innovative projects over his Flickr account. This new one can easily be mistaken for an expensive interior gadget from some high-level shop, while in fact, it is a simple Raspberry Pi hack. This one includes Cheerlights that are synced with other Cheerlights across the globe as per the social networking trends. There is also an XBee radio and Arduino in the box that can take Raspberry Pi to other places.
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