Author: John

G73 Pano Pinhole 35 Camera

Goglo 73 pano pinhole camera

 

I’m happy to see that my projects are having an effect of people.

After seing this Team Droid pinhole camera..  I was inspired to create a Golgo73 version of a panoramic pinhole camera.. The main difference was that I wanted to use 35mm film..  It’s much cheaper.. And more importantly -> Way easier to find..  I was aiming for a small form factor initially.. But I went a bit bigger to make first time construction easier..Below is what I came up with..  The G73 Pano Pinhole 35..

 Nice job, I like that he used fome core for his construction material.

[via MAKE] 

G73 Pano Pinhole 35 camera

Suppressing The Static Electricity

Suppressing the static electricity 

 

Now here is a handy gadget (no puns please). It’s a key ring that’s available from japan that will equalize the static charge on you and your car. The result is that you don’t get a nasty zap when you touch the door. The page is kind of old and these might not be available any longer but the idea is pretty cool. I need one of these for my wife, she can’t stand getting zapped when she gets out of my car. I suppose I could make one out of a plastic tube and a 10 Meg ohm resistor but the alien had has a cool look.

Translated version of http://www.kaiser.jp/sutapa/

Classic Video Pong Kit

DIY Pong Game

Super! Just the way to spend a project evening.

Blocky table tennis with a ball and two paddles was one of the first real video games to make it into mainstream culture. It took an awful lot of high-tech electronics in 1972 to create this classic game. Now however you can cobble together your very own Classic Video Table Tennis Game with a little determination and some basic soldering skillz. This kit contains a pre-printed circuit board and 39 various resistors, diodes, and capacitors. Solder everything together (following the instructions we hope) and plug the audio and video into any standard TV for instant Table Tennis action. You can play against another lowly human or challenge the computer at four different skill levels.

I wonder if the kit can be hacked to make variations on the game… Hockey or even handball???

ThinkGeek :: Classic Video Table Tennis Kit

The Museum of Unworkable Devices

gyro thingFreaky science dosen’t get any better than this:

This museum is a celebration of fascinating devices that don’t work. It houses diverse examples of the perverse genius of inventors who refused to let their thinking be intimidated by the laws of nature, remaining optimistic in the face of repeated failures. Watch and be amazed as we bring to life eccentric and even intricate perpetual motion machines that have remained steadfastly unmoving since their inception. Marvel at the ingenuity of the human mind, as it reinvents the square wheel in all of its possible variations. Exercise your mind to puzzle out exactly why they don’t work as the inventors intended.

[via Core77]

museum of unworkable Devices