got an old cdrom and an Arduino laying around? Why not make it into a spinning POV display. It was developed using parts from a floppy drive and a cdrom, as well as an Arduino and a small wireless transceiver. using an IR sensor to discover rotations, the Arduino sends data to the LEDs. The wireless is used when sending new messages to the device. The link is in Spanish, so here’s the Google Translation.
[via Hacked Gadgets]