Self-illuminated scenic elements can be a lighting designer's friend. The gamut of devices that can serve as scenic elements goes from a simple bare exposed light bulb to high definition video. I am ...

If you’ve ever seen artifacts on a digital picture of a computer monitor, or noticed an unsettling shifting pattern on a TV displaying someone’s clothes which have stripes, you’ve seen what’s called a ...

This article contains affiliate links to products selected by our editors. Mental Floss may receive a commission for purchases made through these links. A light box is made to give a dose of bright ...

During a Product Design class, [Oscar de la Hera] designed and built an LED light box that responds to music — and looks good doing it! He carefully constructed the box out of Oak with a one-way ...

We wake up, and it’s barely light. We come home from work, and it’s already dark. It must be November. As if it isn’t bad enough that the air is chilly and the skies are cloudy, some of us feel cranky ...