I am illuminated

…and I can show how you can be too.

A beautiful ornament made from one toilet paper roll, lit up by a simple but clever LED assembly.

The single LED globe wraps around a button cell in the manner of LED throwies, and is then held in place by a makedo hinge.

Does this get you thinking about how you could integrate technology into your own makedo creations? As we can see here, a small electronic addition to the familiar reused materials can have quite an impact.

Follow the process at Tanaka-San’s flickr.

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