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Luminous Lowtops

Take light-up sneakers to the next level with full-color LEDs that respond to your moves.

Written by Clayton Richter

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Jeffrey Braverman

Time Required: A Weekend Cost: $200–$240

Stunning show of light and motion leaves other LED shoes in the dark ages.

CLAYTON RICHTER (claytonrichter.com) is a double-major student (electrical and computer engineering, and robotics) at Carnegie Mellon University who enjoys coding, tinkering, and building things. He was born in San Antonio but calls Atlanta home. He’s also the creator of the Raspberry Rover (makezine.com/rasprover).

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