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I built a light that reacts to radio waves [video]

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Re: I built a light that reacts to radio waves [video]

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Post by pixl97 »

orbsa wrote: post #70
jenowigner wrote: post #69

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amazing project ! well done ! inspiring to see it this morning the youtube algo recommended it for me. I was thinking what would be a budget way of creating this ? maybe a $20 SDR instead of the hack rf , seems to be a waste of the hack rf to use it as a lamp :)) I think the way you did must have cost you over $1k. Thanks for the inspiration !

IIRC, a regular SDR dongle will not be able to process the full bandwidth of GHZ range.

I do think most people implementing something like this, especially in the exact way this one was implemented would really just be interested in the Wi-Fi ranges.

When I was doing wireless stuff we'd show customers the output of RF analysers to show that even with their wifi turned off their spectrum was packed full of noise.

Having a large viceral display of this would quickly enlighten them.

Re: I built a light that reacts to radio waves [video]

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Post by pixl97 »

tzvc wrote: post #42
TrackerFF wrote: post #27

Cool project. I was going to say, the end resulting light should be a pretty saturated spectrum, given that many RF sources just keep pumping out waves, and the those waves propagating and bouncing around. I think one fun application would be a light which represents your wi-fi strength around the house. Obviously in a smaller apartment that's really not a problem, but in larger houses it would be fun to see. Another…

Yes, in the parisian apt. where I filmed the RF landscape is wild But tuning in to the specific wifi channel you router use you could even use this piece as a signal strenght plotter!

>use this piece as a signal strenght plotter

Seems like it wouldn't be hard to filter this for something like the 2.4 or 5GHz range then put a different color filament at the demarcation point for each of the channels.

Re: I built a light that reacts to radio waves [video]

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Post by pixl97 »

dangoodmanUT wrote: post #86
tzvc wrote: post #66

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No influencer school, no video experience whatsoever actually I watched TONs of youtube videos growing up and I guess I took inspiration from what I liked in each: fast pace, always shows what you are talking about on screen (no talking head), include tiny projects in the main one, explain the science, use an intro to captivate and an outro to nail the point, use music to drive rythme I film and record audio with jus…

Man iphones have come a long way

My wife has worked in marketing for years and setting up photo shoots/video shoots has changed massively. A huge amount of the video and pictures that don't require a specialized lense are just done with feature phones these days.

Re: I built a light that reacts to radio waves [video]

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Post by pixl97 »

simgt wrote: post #81
abrookewood wrote: post #31

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It's in teh description: "launching a fully functional darknet marketplace ( http://spectretjag3wni6fzt445qwgokqlxnfz7fxkicj5efxjywlinibm... ) that offers a trove of illegal data for sale across borders"

> offers a trove of illegal data for sale I'm precisely asking for speculation on what this data could be, which is the goal of the artist as stated in his video

Stolen PII/identities/passwords are one of the most common you'll find.

Re: I built a light that reacts to radio waves [video]

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Post by pixl97 »

relaxing wrote: post #58

Remember the days when you could just make art , without having to be a Content Creator? Respect to the artist, I know I couldn’t do it.

You can still make art without being a content creator. I would assume with the accessibility to both knowledge and products more people than ever are.

With this said, if they are not content creators, you'll never know about them. That's not any different than the past were art was typically only known to those with in viewing range of said art.

Re: I built a light that reacts to radio waves [video]

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Post by SilentM68 »

That's a great design and idea. Have you considered designing a light-based Morse code device? The light would be invisible to the naked eye, requiring special glasses/detector to translate either mechanically or digitally. The source light (e.g. neon, lamps, something new) would be encoded with encrypted messages, so it doesn’t look like obvious Morse code by using aspects of steganography where encrypted data would be hidden in pseudo-random light intensity/pulse patterns mimicking candle flicker, noise, etc.). It would require a custom protocol, error correction, obfuscation. All made on the cheap.

Re: I built a light that reacts to radio waves [video]

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Post by flexagoon »

tzvc wrote: post #63
flexagoon wrote: post #52

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Love your channel! Do you have any plans to eventually open source your projects? (Both in terms of hardware and software)

To be honest, all of the hardware and software is really poorly documented. But I guess i coudl still publish it as is

Yes, would be still great! I'm sure a lot of people would have fun playing around with it even without the documentation

Re: I built a light that reacts to radio waves [video]

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Post by bethekidyouwant »

1e1a wrote: post #80
jenowigner wrote: post #69

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amazing project ! well done ! inspiring to see it this morning the youtube algo recommended it for me. I was thinking what would be a budget way of creating this ? maybe a $20 SDR instead of the hack rf , seems to be a waste of the hack rf to use it as a lamp :)) I think the way you did must have cost you over $1k. Thanks for the inspiration !

The $5 nrf52840 should be sufficient, it can scan 114 channels (from 2400-2514 MHz) several times per second, measuring the approximate RSSI.

You could not use that as an SDR to make a waterfall which is required in this case
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