I found lots of nice wood pieces and these perfect translucent acrylic panels at SCRAP for just a few bucks. Highly recommend the place!

The light’s handled by the aforementioned green LEDs wrapped around a wooden core, and controlled through an Arduino and my laptop.

Where to go next?

• cut silhouette patterns for the shade with Ponoko
• carve designs into the wooden frame
• use a BlinkM RGB module (or a MaxM – 445,000mcd?!)
• going wireless with an XBee is really tempting for when I have multiple objects around
• the next one won’t be a box. It’ll be… something else.