Party people, here’s your new patronus: the disco clam. A favorite of scuba divers, Ctenoides ales is known as the disco clam for its flashing light display that looks straight out of a dubstep show.

3D projection mapping and very complicated math make 50 disco balls project orderly light patterns. Kyle–who defines himself as “an artist working with code”–and Jonas, a creative technologist at ...

Recently, while rummaging in the loft, the author found the circuit diagram of one of his favourite home-made lighting effects, a large VU meter. It dated back to when he and a friend ran a small ...

Light bouncing off one disco ball looks cool...if you’re at a middle school dance. Light bouncing off 50 disco balls? That’s a work of art. Or at least it is when you use multiple projectors and 3-D ...

With its colourful tentacles matched with fine silky threads, the flamboyant disco clam lives up to its name. And that’s before it shows off its party trick: it uses what has been likened to a ...

Back in the early days of disco, filament bulbs were all the rage. Whether tungsten, halogen, or other obscure types, party lighting involved lots of watts and lots of heat. These days, the efficiency ...

Which disco ball is best? You might normally find them spinning above a dance floor, but with their iconic retro appeal, disco balls can make great home decor, too. The kitsch look of classic mirror ...

Ah, disco. That lamentable fad turned the Bee Gees from a kinda cool, kinda psychedelic band into a conduit for polyester, all that damn color, roller skates, and strobe lights. And what's left of it ...

If you’ve got a party coming up and are looking to add a little bit of excitement, you might be interested in this recent project from [Gav Lewis]. The build is based on a commercially available party ...

As well as bringing sparkle to the dance floor, could disco balls become a new educational tool in astronomy? Laura Hiscott investigates Reflecting the universe The tiny mirrors on a disco ball act ...

Prepare for bold color, extra shimmer, and bronzed cheekbones — because 1970s makeup is back. Here, the modern-day takes on ...