WUSTL engineering students, including junior Garrett Eardley (above), worked hundreds of hours to create a large-scale, computer-controlled dance floor, which boasts 1,536 long-lasting and low-power-consuming LEDs that light in 4,096 different colors. The students used substances as common as aluminum foil to achieve special effects for the project, which was under the direction of the University’s chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The software portion of the project was completed as part of a capstone course in software engineering. The dance floor was put to the ultimate test on the evening of Nov. 12, when it was used at the Engineering Student Council’s annual dance party, titled “Vertigo.”