{"id":5374,"date":"2012-12-25T00:28:59","date_gmt":"2012-12-25T08:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=5374"},"modified":"2015-09-26T11:10:56","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T18:10:56","slug":"star-jar-a-geiger-counter-triggered-led-decoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/star-jar-a-geiger-counter-triggered-led-decoration\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Jar, a Geiger counter triggered LED decoration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/56192773\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>UK artist <a href=\"http:\/\/npugh.co.uk\/\">Nikki Pugh<\/a> posted this video of her <a href=\"http:\/\/npugh.co.uk\/blog\/star_jar\/\">Star Jar<\/a>, a Geiger counter triggered LED decoration for the holidays. This project is based on her <a href=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/geiger-counter-triggered-non-religious-holiday-lights\/\">holiday light display<\/a> from last year.  This version incorporates fading transitions is completely powered by the mains.<\/p>\n<p>The light changes are triggered by a <a href=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/geiger\">MightyOhm Geiger counter kit<\/a> which detects background radiation and cosmic rays.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested to learn how this project was made, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Star-Jar-Geiger-counter-triggered-LED-decoration-\/\">the instructable<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/56192773\">Star Jar<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/nikkipugh\">nikkipugh<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK artist Nikki Pugh posted this video of her Star Jar, a Geiger counter triggered LED decoration for the holidays. This project is based on her holiday light display from last year. This version incorporates fading transitions is completely powered by the mains. The light changes are triggered by a MightyOhm Geiger counter kit which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/star-jar-a-geiger-counter-triggered-led-decoration\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Star Jar, a Geiger counter triggered LED decoration<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,65],"tags":[401],"class_list":["post-5374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electronics","category-kits","tag-geiger"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pioCd-1oG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4500,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/geiger-counter-triggered-non-religious-holiday-lights\/","url_meta":{"origin":5374,"position":0},"title":"Geiger counter triggered non-religious holiday lights","author":"Jeff","date":"December 19, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/33498312 There is no technical information available about this project by artist Nikki Pugh, but Sol Invictus is clearly triggered by one of my geiger counter kits. via Make: Update: There is now an Instructable, and an article about the project @ Wired UK.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Kits&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Kits","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/kits\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5489,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/come-see-my-glowy-geiger-chimes-at-the-2013-maker-faire-bay-area\/","url_meta":{"origin":5374,"position":1},"title":"Come see my Glowy Geiger Chimes at the 2013 Maker Faire Bay Area!","author":"Jeff","date":"May 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"It's that time of the year again! The 2013 Maker Faire Bay Area is next weekend (May 18-19th) in San Mateo, California. I haven't had time to post about it, but over the past few weeks I've been busy working on a special project for the Maker Faire this year.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5221,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/pics-video-of-my-geiger-counter-powered-ambient-music-demo-maker-faire\/","url_meta":{"origin":5374,"position":2},"title":"Pics &#038; video of my Geiger counter powered ambient music demo @ Maker Faire","author":"Jeff","date":"May 24, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/apg88\/7245465932\/in\/faves-mightyohm\/ (photo credit: alvaroprieto) This year I decided (in true last-minute fashion) to build a couple demos to show off my Geiger Counter kit at the Maker Faire Bay Area. One of these demos used my Geiger Counter kit to create ambient music: (Thanks to @j_jwalrus for the interview and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Electronics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Electronics","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/electronics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/Q_3SVE0CQqw\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11964,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/kyles-lorawan-enabled-geiger-counter\/","url_meta":{"origin":5374,"position":3},"title":"Kyle&#8217;s LoRaWAN-enabled Geiger Counter","author":"Jeff","date":"October 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Kyle Gabriel created this LoRaWAN bridge for the MightyOhm Geiger Counter kit. He's using a Moteino Mega with a LoRaWAN transceiver and a color OLED display to show status. You can see more details on the GitHub page for his project.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Kits&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Kits","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/kits\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GC_System_01.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GC_System_01.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GC_System_01.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GC_System_01.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GC_System_01.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GC_System_01.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4298,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/new-product-laser-cut-case-for-the-geiger-counter-kit\/","url_meta":{"origin":5374,"position":4},"title":"New product: Laser-cut Case for the Geiger Counter Kit","author":"Jeff","date":"October 24, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm happy to announce the release of a custom laser-cut case for the Geiger Counter kit! The case, which is made of high quality clear acrylic, comes with standoffs and all the hardware needed to assemble it. The case includes access holes for the HV adjustment, the piezo beeper, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Announcements&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Announcements","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/announcements\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Geiger Counter with Lasercut Case","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/files\/flickr\/6275026497_3cf9f175b2.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15720,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/summer-sale-mightyohm-geiger-counter-kit-bundle-99-95-at-amazon\/","url_meta":{"origin":5374,"position":5},"title":"Summer Sale! MightyOhm Geiger Counter Kit Bundle $99.95 at Amazon","author":"Jeff","date":"August 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"I hope everyone is enjoying the summer. After several months of rain, we are finally enjoying a few weeks of sunshine here in Seattle. To celebrate summer, the MightyOhm Geiger Counter Kit Bundle is now on sale at Amazon. 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