Grad-to-be turns graduation cap into Rust-powered light show

Eric Park tells us he doesn't plan to wear his modified cap to commencement, but his code's available for anyone with no such qualms and an upcoming ceremony

College graduation season has begun in the United States, and one soon-to-graduate computer science student has decided to decorate his graduation cap in the way any good maker would: by writing some Rust code and wiring it up with LEDs that light up when the tassel moves from right to left.

Eric Park, due to walk in his commencement ceremony on Friday at Purdue University, published a blog post this week explaining the project, which he said he undertook as an alternative to building a contraption that would set his mortarboard aflame when the tassel was moved.

Unfortunately for Park, many American universities (and some in other countries like the UK) require college students who want to walk in commencement ...