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Over at Instructables, Eric Paulos and his colleagues at Carnegie Mellon University’s Living Environments Lab explain how to make illuminated balloons that change color based on the local air quality. Each balloon is outfitted with a tri-color LED, tiny air quality sesnsor, rechargeable battery, and a few other inexpensive components. I’d love to encounter these [...]