{"id":17078,"date":"2018-06-07T17:49:27","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T09:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/?p=17078"},"modified":"2018-10-19T10:47:30","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T02:47:30","slug":"hacking-time-for-upcycling-episode-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/07\/hacking-time-for-upcycling-episode-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Hacking Time for Upcycling [Episode 1]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last weekend, we had an amazing upcycling hacking workshop with 20 makers, designers and engineers from the community gathering at x.factory <\/a>(I even listed it as my favorite workshop!!!).<\/p>\n

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What makes it special is that all the participants need to use recycling materials and Seeed<\/a> provided sensors and modules to make their projects. The recycling materials are sponsored by Shenzhen Lvhuan Renewable Resources<\/a>, a company aims at recycling materials and offering upcycling solutions. <\/span><\/p>\n

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I was there as the photographer to record the workshop, so I got the chance to witness the creation of 9 very cool projects while taking photos (yeah!!!). Turning some everyday materials into something really cool is super inspiring. Really hope this long\/recording article of these projects will get you some inspirations.<\/span><\/p>\n

[Episode 1: Upcycling to the Light]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The 20 participants were divided into 4 teams. There were two sections for the one-day workshop: one section with a particular topic assigned to make, the other for making at each team\u2019s will.\u00a0 <\/span>The assigned topic was to make lamps by using the recycling materials. <\/span><\/p>\n

After a morning of brain-storming, tinkering, and co-working, they have come\u00a0up with 5 amazing colorful lamps (Yes, one team even made two lamps when they didn\u2019t have the heart to give up any of their ideas).<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Little Universe by Team 1<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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The Little Universe is a gesture-controlled floor lamp with three wooden legs and an artistic lamp head. The lamp head was made of two circular abs shafts, PVC tube, yellow flaxen thread, some led strips<\/a>, a Seeeduino Lotus<\/a>, a Grove Gesture sensor<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The project name the Little Universe came from the starry shadow scene looking like a galaxy in the universe when it was turned on. The way how the lamp interacts with\u00a0you is also cool. You could switch on & off, change the color & brightness of the LED by gesture control. Here is a video of how it works:<\/span><\/p>\n