Glowing mushroom for your desktop that is powered by any colored LED and batteries(or usb). The legend says that:
Green mushrooms are magical
Blue mushrooms are ghostly
Red mushrooms are poisonous / viking fuel ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria ) Designed to be printed with PLA and to fit 2x 2032 lithium 3v batteries, a switch, led and a resistor. The leg of the mushroom is hollowed (3mm) for the wires and the resistor. Batteries are neatly hidden under the base. Switch is behind the base. Works ok as a ornament when printed with nontransparent plastic. (as a side idea the glow was to be produced with a UV led and with a glow in the dark plastic..could still work)
Instructions
Print all the parts (unsupported or supported->leg.stl)
Clean well (the lid and its tracks are hard but they\\'ll work)
Do all the top solderings (led+resistor*+wires)
Cut the led and resistor legs short(5mm from top..or so)
Solder the black wire to the cathode (shorter leg)
Solder the anode (longer leg +) to the shortened resistor and the wire
Insert the top assembly correctly from the top (wires first)
Cut and run the wire from the side to the switch** and solder
Glue the switch in place (legs and all)
Strip the wire from switch bare, solder and turn it in to a coil for a contactor.
Cut black wire approx. 20mm from the hole and strip. Solder and turn it to a contactor. *resistor formula.. power voltage(V) - led voltage(V) ------------------------------------ = Resistor (Ohm) amps used by led (A) (usually 0.02A) **switch The switch used is made from circuit board multi switch by sawing. (just cut one of them free with hack saw.) be careful with the legs, they are fragile, I wasted mine cos I did not glue it well enough...