Thingiverse member Carasibana is officially an Ancient. Well, an Ancient-in-training. That’s because she made this nifty light-up Stargate replica. Carasibana based her replica on the design of fellow Thingiverse member Glitch, tweaking it to fit a stepper motor and an Arduino UNO with a motor shield to make the inner ring move.
In case you were wondering, no, that shining puddle in the middle of the ring isn’t real. But the replica still looks cool on its own:
Step into this wormhole to Thingiverse to find out how you can make your own ring thing.
[via The Mary Sue]