These are quite nice. An artist builds one of a kind lamps from old bottle, pipes and bit of antique brass. This should serve as an inspiration to anyone looking for a project.
[via Boing Boing]
Category: Hacked
TypoTracker
Now this looks like a handy as hell tool. Say your looking for something on Ebay and like all of us your out to get a good deal. Now, the best way to get a good deal is to be the only one in the auction. That’s pretty hard to do if a whole bunch of people are looking for the same item as you. Well what if it looked like you weren’t looking for the same thing as everyone else but actually you were. How? The same way that people make money off from fast typing URLs on the Internet, you do it through typos. Yeah, sometimes when you place an auction you might drop a letter in the name of the item or just screw up the name. ‘Apple’ is pretty close to ‘aplle’ or ‘applle’. Get the idea? TypoTracker take the item name you give it and churns out a list of typos and runs an Ebay search for you. All you have to do is sort through the results.
[via uncover the Internet]
2006 Makefaire
The 2006 Makefaire is going on in San Francisco Ca this weekend. If your in the area or have enough cash burning a hole in your pocket to get a flight there you should go. Hobbyists, scientists, tinkers, gadget makers, Mythbusters, warrenty voiders, and a slug of other cool people are there discussing what they do and showing you how to do it. If your like me and are stuck at home, you can catch some video and see photos of it online.
Hacking Digital Cameras, The Book
Now this is a book I can sink my teeth into! An entire book packed with projects just itching to void the warranty on that shiny new camera your loved ones bought you for Christmas. Mumm… Is that the sizzle of hot solder on a cleaning sponge? You bet it is! These are a few of the projects that are covered in the book:
- Building triggers
- Accessing raw sensor data
- Making accessory lens adapters
- Eliminating the infrared blocking filter
- Extending lenses
- Making reverse macro adapters
- Building a monopod
- Creating bicycle and car mounts
- Hacking microdrives from other devices
Looks darn handy for anyone that is looking to think out of the box and so something special with their camera.
Improvised iPod Holder
A few months ago a co-worker received an iPod
I just pinched two large clips together to for a back rest and used a small clip at a foot so the iPod won’t slide off.
The Post-it notes are on there to keep the finish on the Ipod looking good, I hear they scratch pretty easy.
So with just stuff around the office I saved my friend a few bucks and let him view his iPod in true hacker style.
Fisheye Lens for Your Webcam / Digital Camera
If you every play with webcams you quickly discover that the field of view just isn’t what is should be. These guys have put together a nice little hacking tutorial on how to mate a door peephole lens with an ordinary low end digital camera. Now I’ve been doing this for some time, either with peepholes like these guys or with some random lenses that I happen to have in my junk box (meniscus, plano convex, convex, etc.). Years ago I used to have a web cam pointed at a TV with a plano concave lens taped in front of it to expand the field of view. Worked great, it was fun to mess with. Adding a super wide angle lens to a low end camera will yield some pretty cool results, I suggest that you run out and pick a few peepholes up, they don’t cost much. I got mine and Home Depot for around $5USD. Heat up the hot glue gun and have fun!
[via Hack-a-day]
The Aggregate: Fisheye Digital Imaging For Under Twenty Dollars