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		gorgoiler on April 6, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IKEA Frekvens LED box hack Feels like IKEA could capitalize on an opportunity here to provide a beginner friendly devkit to control the patterns. I love writing software but am less delighted by physical messing around :)

jansan on April 6, 2020 [–]

I think this is a too small niche for IKEA, but they should help selected hackers or small companies to fill these niches. Maybe this is already happening and we do not notice.

distances on April 6, 2020 | [–]

This is happening at least with more traditional Ikea items, for example cabinets: https://www.semihandmade.com/pages/about-us

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