MAGICUBE - the lamp you can choose what it should look like!!

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One time I saw the Tetris Lamp on a webpage and it looked really cool but you couldn't chose the color of the elements. Then I got the idea to make a lamp where I could chose the color myself. The MAGIC CUBE LAMP can do exactly what I wished for. The user can organize the cubes (35x35 mm) as the way he likes and also choose the color of each cube which depends on which sides are snapped together. I thought about how I could make it possible that a cube can have different colors. My solution is that per each side there are six super-magnets and two of them are positive and negative current magnets. The four magnets in the middle are actually nothing else then a switch who if you attach another cube build a cross and connect the positive wires from the LED. The next step I had to think about was how I could construct the cube so that it would be easy to solder. The easiest solution is to print the cube spread out. After you have soldered the cube you can easily fold and glue it together. The LED in the cube is a diffused RGB-LED. You can print as much cubes as you like and put it together to a nice looking lamp. I made six cubes for this prototype. Watch MagiCubes in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BwUijMk1_I&feature=youtu.be