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Can the Deathstar lamp firmware be customized to add new modes, like an automatic opening and closing cycle synced to music or other triggers?
Cool project indeed. I used to own the first model and thought about how one could motorize the lamp. I used to own the one which didn’t have the reflected coating on the inside panels. At least in Germany they changed that a few years back from plain white to silver or gold reflection. And now the lamp is also available in bigger sizes. I bought it like most because of the interesting design. But was never really pl…
Part of the reason for automating it was that I wanted to integrate the lamp into my home theater setup: When the movie starts, the lamp slowly closes and synchronously dims out (guests always react with a smile to this). Pressing the pause button dims it up again and gives one just enough light to find the bathroom ;-)
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Part of the reason for automating it was that I wanted to integrate the lamp into my home theater setup: When the movie starts, the lamp slowly closes and synchronously dims out (guests always react with a smile to this). Pressing the pause button dims it up again and gives one just enough light to find the bathroom ;-)
That sounds awesome. How much noise makes the motor during open/close cycle? I remember that the plastic had quite some friction on its own.
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I find your comment very confusing! You don’t understand why people call it the Death Star but as soon as you got the lamp you started calling it the Death Star but you struggle to see the resemblance? Surely you’ve answered your own question…?!
No. This is a case where I am confused by my own behaviour as well! Clearly there is something about it but it's not something I'm conscious about.
As an amusing side note, iOS autocapitalises “Death Star”.