We turn our attention back to what we thought was a solid top, it turns out this was the way in all along.

We finally pop the top off this can of worms, and the first component we spy is the famed congestion-sensing antenna.

We can't quite remove it yet, so leaving that to dangle gently to the side exposes the LED board with some control hardware:

National Semiconductor LP5523 programmable 9-output LED driver

Ambient light sensor