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Posted on 03.11.08 by John @ 9:05 pm
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This is a bit old news but if you act soon you can snatch one of these up before they are gone. This is a cool little hack to repurpose the head mounted display from a remote controlled car for better purposes. The procedure is simple, get a power supply (some batteries) pop the back off the display and move a shunt from one pad to another (switch form PAL to NTSC video standards) and you are set.
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Posted on 10.17.07 by John @ 6:02 am
[via norcot] Filed under: DIY and Paper Comments: None |
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Posted on 09.20.07 by John @ 8:17 pm
Filed under: Computers and Cool and DIY and Technology Comments: None |
Well, its not quite the super sensory perception you see in comic books, a group of researchers utilizing |
Posted on 09.19.07 by John @ 8:27 pm
is a resource for all things about amateur Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): How-to’s, links, videos, images and a discussion group. Among other things, this is where we’ll be listing all the parts, software and instructions to build each of our UAVs. I know that I’d like to have a plane with a camera built into it. An autopilot would make lining up a good photo a lot easier. How cool would that be? It’s simply amazing what you can do with off the shelf stuff and some brains. Oh yeah, and LEGOS. Yes, one of these planes has a servo actuated camera mount that is built from LEGO parts. That in mind your not going to be loitering over your target all day looking for the guy that has been stealing your newspaper every morning. These UAVs get about 20 minuets in the air and can only go about five miles. Still, it is very cool. Filed under: Cool and DIY and Mad Science and Robots and To be used for Evil Comments: None |
I’m sure this is going to end up like the guy that |
Posted on 09.14.07 by John @ 7:03 pm
Being a photographer who is passionate about pinhole photography, I wanted to create a complete all-in-one internet resource that offers information for the beginner, amateur and professional pinhole photographer. I hope you find this information helpful whatever your pinhole interests are. Maybe one day a few of my pinhole projects will end up on this fine list. [ CK ] Pinhole Photography Resources Filed under: Artistic and DIY and Photography Comments: 2 Comments |
I ran across this a few days ago:|
Posted on 09.14.07 by John @ 6:56 pm
If you have a point-and-click digital camera made by Canon, you may be able to turn on all sorts of features usually reserved for more expensive SLRs. That includes live histograms, depth-of-field calculation, under and overexposure highlighting, and — best of all — shooting your pictures in RAW. The secret is CHDK, an enhanced, free software replacement firmware. I’m going to have to disagree that the best part of this is being able to shoot in RAW mode. Don’t get me wrong, I love using RAW (or NEF as it’s called on my Nikon) but the best part of this enhancement is that fact that you can do scripting in a BASIC like language in the camera. Wow… This is like getting a computer that has predefined programs on it and then discovering the programming tools for it. With these scripts you can do such amazing things as automatically create a series of photos for HDR stacking that can later be run through software to extend the dynamic range of the images. You can run an interactive interval timer to take X number of photos ever X seconds, minutes, or even hours so you could do a time laps study of ice melting or a building being built. Those are just two examples of what can be done with the powerful feature. [via MAKE] Filed under: DIY and Hacked and Mods and Photography and Technology Comments: None |
One of the greatest things about technology isn’t what it does, but it’s what it can do. This is a shining example of this very concept:|
Posted on 09.07.07 by John @ 10:07 pm
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Posted on 09.07.07 by John @ 6:45 pm
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Hackers listen up. Everyone understands and enjoys the utilitarian benefits that |
Posted on 09.06.07 by John @ 10:40 pm
Bicycle Electric-Motor-Assist Project (BEMAP) Filed under: Cool and DIY and Hacked and Mods Comments: None |
An old friend of mine is undertaking a project to add an electric motor to his bike. He has been asking me a bunch of questions about motors and such because I have a bit of a background in building robots. I tried my hand at the old combat robotics thing a while back, had my own robot and even started a real competition. However, the sport turned out to be a great way to burn through money so I had to give it up. Anyway, I gained quite a bit of skill at scrounging for parts and how things like that work. I’ll be more than happy to help out even if is just as a sounding board for ideas.The BEMAP project looks to be pretty cool. So far he has a supply of DC motors from a disused car and some battery packs. Mike is a born scrounger so I’m sure his solution will be very unique.|
Posted on 09.06.07 by John @ 10:20 pm
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I don’t usually toot my own horn but this time I’m going to. I was recently asked if MAKE magazine could use a few of my photos of a Halloween display that I had made a few years ago. I agreed to it of course, I mean who wouldn’t want to see their photos in a national magazine? So I signed some paperwork and waited for the issue to hit the stands. All my waiting paid off when I saw the issue on Saturday and saw my photos printed up in glorious color. My photos of glow sticks, black light, and electric arcs fit right in with the other amazing projects that are being showcased in the Halloween issue. If your looking for a way to add a little something to your garage turned haunted house or even if your just wanting to scare the crap out of a coworkers with some automated nasty in the cube farm this is the magazine to buy!
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Posted on 08.15.07 by John @ 7:20 pm
Filed under: Artistic and Cool and DIY Comments: 1 Comment |
This is a rather unusual application of magnetic principals. The nail polish is applied in a normal way but before you let it dry you hold the magnet (included with the bottle) over the wet polish and let the magnetic particles that are suspended in the pigment arrange themselves. When the lacquer dries the metallic particles are frozen in place and you get some clever patterns. I’m not a user of nail polish myself but I bet I could think of some science projects that this stuff would be good for. |
Posted on 08.03.07 by John @ 4:27 pm
A man in a Revolutionary War-era submarine was cited by the U.S. Coast Guard for drifting into a security zone, and for unsafe sailing in New York’s East River near the Queen Mary 2 luxury liner, the Coast Guard and New York City Police Department said Friday. I remember when I first saw a drawing of the famous ‘Turtle‘ I was fascinated by the entire concept. It’s a good thing that I didn’t live around any lakes or I might not have survived my childhood. Filed under: Artistic and Cool and DIY and Dumb and Mad Science and Technology and To be used for Evil Comments: None |
You just have to love New York…|
Posted on 07.13.07 by John @ 7:47 pm
Filed under: Artistic and Cool and DIY and Design and Historic and Mad Science and Mods Comments: None |
If your looking for decorating ideas that are a little out of the norm…|
Posted on 07.13.07 by John @ 6:12 am
Alas, there looks to be only 100 available. However, for your $125US you do get one heck of a cool kit. With this set up you cam make an enlarger, a slide projector, a camera, a negative viewer, and a magnifying glass. If you ask me it’s worth the price. Little known fact, pretty much any camera that has a bulb setting and a back that opens can be used as a photographic enlarger. I used to use a medium format twin lens reflex camera as an enlarger when I didn’t have a proper darkroom. The results were not perfect but it did get the job done. I think I see a future DIY project here… Filed under: DIY and Photography Comments: None |
From the makers of fine photographic equipment (that’s a joke folks):|
Posted on 06.27.07 by John @ 6:28 am
Chumby launch plans and product features What Wikipedia has to say about the Chumby. Filed under: Computers and Cool and DIY and Technology and To be used for Evil Comments: None |
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