Eclectic junk from the four corners of the ‘Net. And pictures too!
Time to hack up the Christmas lights!!! Funny thing is that’s the exact reason I bought a string of 60 white LEDs last Christmas, I knew I’d be cutting them up for a plethora of projects. This one looks to be quite handy, I have been having fun with shooting macro images with a reversing ring on an old 50mm lens. An inexpensive ring light would be most valuable for adding a bit of fill.
Hum, looks like it might be fun to play with. Here are the specs:
26 images are a bit low, and the camera should be slung under the body of the plane. You want to see the ground, not the sky. Yeah, you lose the ‘AWACS‘ look but you get more funtionality. If your wanting to buy one of these just remember when it comes to R/C planes you get what you pay for. This plane has no control surfaces, the direction is controled by giving more or less power to one the motors on the wings. Want to turn right, you give more power to the left motor. Your not going to be pulling any fancy acrobatics with this craft. It also looks to be made out of foam so one arrested landing via a tree trunk is going to leave a mark. Buy extra wings and some tape. If you see one on a discount table someplace pick it up, but don’t pay full retail. If you just can’t wait to take pictures from the air of somthing give kite aerial photography a try.
[via red ferret ]
Ah, a dream I’ve had for years… Remote controlled steam powered machines toy. They still use a battery to power the electronics (no generator on board) but it’s quite amazing to see the steam tank clamber over a block of wood.
Everytime I see somthing like this I realize that I’m in the wrong business…
This proves that you don’t need fancy equipment to build a camera. An empty roll of film, a matchbox, some electrical tape and a bit of foil is all you need to make this clever little gem. One of the coolest things is that because the format is 24mm x 24mm he gets 50 shots on a roll of 36. He also uses a plastic bit from a binder stuck through the sprocket holes to ‘click’ when the film is advanced. Every six clicks equals one frame. Perfect. I’m going to have to build one of these, maybe while I’m on my next trip.
[via robot action boy]
This is kind of cool. I think. What’s the worse thing that could happen if you have an accident while your using this? You jam a round sharp blade into your face. I think I’ll pass, anyway what part of the silverware drawer would this fit into?