LightScythe: Behind the Luminescent Photo Creation

Creative design is everywhere, especially when there are makers around. This subculture is reviving design, innovation, and ingenuity in the hardware development space, proving that you don't need big bucks to make a big technological impact.

One of these makers is "The Mechatronics Guy," also known as Gavin Smith. The Sydney-based maker, who tinkers in the city's hackerspace Robots and Dinosaurs, caught major buzz this year for his LightScythe, an LED-based wireless device that allows a user to project any graphic into a long-exposure photo. Smith's demonstrations, of Pac Man in front of the Sydney Opera House or Nyan Cat floating in the city, wowed the Internet and had people clamoring…
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