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Why spend your hard-earned money on one of Philips' [Ambilight](http://www.engadget.com/tag/ambilight) displays when you can just make your own, using some Arduino-based wizardry and a little bit of elbow grease? Fortunately, [Minty Boost](http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/31/hack-gives-minty-boost-to-an-ipod-battery/) creator ladyada is here to help. All you'll need is a strand of digital RGB LED pixels, a five-volt DC power supply (along with a female power adapter), any USB-equipped Arduino micro-controller and, of course, the appropriate Processing programming environment. You can find the full how-to at the source link below, but the results are pretty impressive -- a capture-based sketch system that's compatible with just about any media player. See it for yourself in the video after the break.
[Thanks, Phil]
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