Project: Aurora Borealis

I would never think of buying a photo frame as a birthday gift, but... things do change over time.

A friend of mine, Jess had a birthday gift for one of her friends birthday and asked me if I could make something special. All she had was a beautiful Ikea Ribba frame... She wanted some LED's to put some light into the frame and light up the inside but I didn't  want to do that..., it was special but not quite unique...

So I recalled an old instructables article on making a small and beautiful piece of LED art, and decided to try to improve on that design.

So off we went to Jalan Pasar for some electronic components, all together we bought:

6x RGB LEDs (slow change),

1x Twin AA battery case with a switch

1x Connector strip & some wire

We also needed:

1x Ikea Ribba Photo Frame

2x A3 tracing paper

Halfway through the project, I noticed that the leds looked great shining from the side instead of centered. They looked very similar to a simulation of the Aurora Borealis. So I thought, how great it would be if anyone could just enjoy the Aurora Borealis by just looking at this frame... well, some people do have pictures of the Aurora Borealis  in their living areas... but mine's better! It moves as if you were in the north pole! Fascinated, I doubled the number of leds from 3 to 6... wala! I'm still mesmerized by the lights...

And so here it is, for all to see, create and enjoy!