According to the Adafruit Blog, maker Rick Osgood has created an ingenious hardware hack: modifying a smart lightbulb to become a covert ebook library. The bulb broadcasts an open WiFi network and hosts a web server with banned books. For readers in censorship-heavy regions, it's a clever solution—an inconspicuous device that's nearly impossible to detect or shut down. Practical subversion meets clever engineering: a light fixture that doubles as a repository for intellectual freedom.

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