Yes in what must be the silliest maker project we’ve featured so far, the Giftduino is simply a box that plays a jingle and displays a simple message when you open it. And, well, that’s it really.

The Stanford “Lab-In-A-Box” project comprises an open source hardware and software tool chain for teaching signal processing and analog electronics. It is intended to improve the teaching of these ...

Inside you’ll find an Arduino board, microphone, and an 8×8 RGB module. The front cover of the project box diffuses the light using a sheet of tracing paper on a frame of foam board.