The Arduino and shield are running the Souliss framework that provides smart home features and runs on a number of platforms, so it is a good open platform for creating your own smart home apps ...

You have all sorts of options to make little DIY game systems, but Mithotronic has a fun guide that shows you how to build a system that can play its own set of LED games.

Have you ever wanted to create your own electronic games console? You might be interested in the new DigiPixel Arduino LED game shield which is definitely worth more investigation.