Show HN: How to make your own glowing notification cube

[fweespeech]

> After creating the first prototype I realized a number of things. While it was cool there wasn’t enough utility to justify creating another one. The only way I could have figured that out is by making and using this prototype for several months.

I did something similar with LEDs [not a cube, just a board with lights] to alert on various things before just having the Pi power an old wall mounted LCD I wasn't using anymore + a dashboard.

It is one of those ideas that is awesome in theory but its really hard to justify the time/effort beyond "FUN!"

[achariam]

Exactly, I agree wholeheartedly. There is a limited amount of granularity you can get with using colors. Incidentally, I'm also messing around with tiny displays now. - https://www.dropbox.com/s/r5993ylrqmjoegn/screentest.jpg?dl=...

[jlees]

I did exactly the same using LEDs and an Ikea lamp housing, with a Pi running Python to poll different APIs. It wasn't too difficult to get something simple running, but yes, hard to justify significant time!

[Andrewbass]

"If you’re constantly willing to learn and adapt you can make anything."

[stumpf]

This looks like a great first project to get introduced to some basic electronics, thanks for sharing.

[tetrapolygon]

the design of your website is incredible! a little hard to navigate around however, how did you build the cube animation in the top?

[inverba]

I think the white text against blue background is a rough choice. On the right monitor and brightness, it's fine; on the wrong one, it's illegible. Text either needs to be thicker or the color schema needs work.

[achariam]

Thank you! Sorry for the difficulty navigating, what did you have a problem with?

The cube animation are six square divs animated with css. Just take a look at the source if you're curious.