This is cool.. I wonder how hard it would be to DIY

[SgtM]

Ok, you all know me, and how much of an LED freak I am. I came across this cool bulb at thinkgeek, and started thinking if there would be a way to DIY. Obviously, the hard part would be the remote, but hey.. who doesn't have a spare AIO remote from the cable company?

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/831e/

[DonT-FeaR]

hmmm dont think you could do it A: that small or B: that cheap

try it tho

[Zephik]

I see it like this; Someone somewhere made one at some point in time, so why can't you? There are exceptions to that of course, such as people who have access to machines and devices that can accomplish that which humans cannot. Is this one of those situations? I don't think so, but maybe? To me, if its worth asking if its possible or not in the first place, then it probably is. If you know right off the back that it wouldn't be possible then it probably isn't.

Not really any helpful information for you in all of what I just said, but I meant it more as a "if you put the time and effort into it, you can probably figure it out" type of encouragement.

On a difficulty level, I would say its pretty high up there. It seems like it would require a lot of time and research as well as beta testing to get it to work right. It actually might end up being somewhat costly. Its one of those situations that I think wouldn't be worth getting into if its just for the avoiding of paying the asking price. But if your looking for a project to do just to do it and if you are serious about it, then it might be worth attempting. Its up to you really. Personally, I'd rather just buy the bulb kit and be done with it, but thats just because I have no desire to tinker around for unknown amounts of time trying to figure out how to build my own.

[jaxspades]

Well, I like the idea...
I think that if you could find a way to have a controller board in the bulb work off of a normal light socket, you would have a great head start...then you would just need to place in the LED's, make them look pretty and program the board to accept commands from the remote...which means you need the remote to be able to communicate with the board...bluetooth, maybe?

It's a sweet idea.

[Vital]

Well.. you can program a microcontroller to turn certain lights on at certain times, or use a switch to do so. Using red/blue/yellow/red lights. And combinations of them. Like turn yellow and blue on and make green. Or red and blue to make purple.