@matt_p thank you! Seriously, all of the positive feedback is most of what keeps me building and sharing new stuff. 
I just use my phone (Nexus 5X). I have a tripod clip mount for it, and always use a tripod. Iāve started using the Open Camera app for Android, which gives me more control over focus and exposure. Bright changing lights really mess with auto focus and auto exposure, gotta turn those off. I usually turn off all the lights in my dark basement lab. I turn on the piece to white and adjust the brightness until itās not too blown out. I lock the exposure and zoom, then switch to whatever pattern Iām recording. I repeat until I get the desired look.
Hope that helps! Iām definitely still learning. Been thinking about looking for a better camera, debating between DSLR and digital video cameras.
Great work Jason! Your projects are always beautiful.
Can I see a picture of how you did the male header pins?
@Brian_Lewis itās not a great picture, but itās there on my site, at the bottom: https://www.evilgeniuslabs.org/psilocybe
I soldered the innermost one on flat, using tape to keep it in place. Then I used female header and tape to hold the next one at a slight angle while I soldered. Repeated for each.
Awesome! Iām trying to make sense of the Aliexpress order page and Iām not sure how to interpret what is labeled as āEmitting colorā, but then has values such as ā24 Ringsā. Your light has 9 rings with the biggest having 60 LEDs. Any clue on how to decipher the engrish on the Aliexpress page?
Thanks @James_Callahan ! I ordered the one that says ā241 Ringsā, meaning 241 LEDs (60+48+40+32+24+16+12+8+1).
Really like the color patterns in the video
Amazing! Thanks for sharing the 3D model gist. Iād just recently gotten the idea to print a āsteppedā pattern to match the pitch of a sphere and then mount it in a big hamster ball
What is creating the appearance of rotating sides? Like a polygon that rotates?
Thanks! @John_Hendy , itās Markās ColorWavesWithPalettes sketch: https://gist.github.com/kriegsman/8281905786e8b2632aeb It uses offset sine waves for hue, saturation and brightness. Iāve yet to find anything itās not beautiful on: strips, strings, matrices, rings, etc.
So, I cleaned this up a bit last night. I was getting it mounted to the portable wall for Maker Faire KC, and one of the plastic clips that holds the frosted glass front on snapped. The glass didnāt break, since I had a firm grip on it, but I see why they got recalled. 
I was getting ready to start drawing up a replacement clip to 3D print, but ended up finding some on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=ikea+lock+lamp+clip
Here are some photos I took of the insides while I had it opened up. Itās still not in its final form, but itās getting closer. Iāll probably end up making another Wemos level shifter shield with lots of pins on large 5V and GND rails, mount it properly inside the frame, replace the screw terminal barrel adapter with a JST-SM connected one, replace the female jumper wire ends with JST-SM connectors, find shorter screws to attach the 3D printed frame to the lamp body, etc.
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When/if you get the new level shifter designed, let me know. Iād be interested in picking a few up.
I used a Nino Ayla lamp and two pieces of a hard foam board for mounting the rings inside the lamp. Very simple no 3d printing, but it basically does the job. You simply cut the foam board with a knife to get the right gradient.