This one’s been out there for quite a few years and is still up and running, it was originally created by two gents from Manitoba in Canada. It’s an LED display board that is connected to the internet allowing visitors to the site to upload their own message. This message is then captured on the display via a webcam and displayed on the web site.
"We developed a Linux device driver — based on the floppy drive device driver source code from the Linux kernel — and a Linux daemon to listen on a TCP/IP socket for images sent to the sign. The daemon accesses our custom device driver. We developed PHP-based Web interfaces to the sign that allow anyone on the Internet to display stock quotes, view the time and temperature in Brandon, Manitoba and send messages to the sign in Ian’s apartment"
Why not try it out? Go and visit the website at http://crcw.mb.ca/apt5/index.html
We’ve all seen those generic light up ‘neon’ signs that are being sold everywhere at the moment. They are obviously not neon but a cheap alternative.
Want to make it look a little bit nicer and use less electricity? Why not replace the light fixture with LED’s?
Check out this link to see Jared Harley’s project converting a VW sign to run on LED’s
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