Professor of Imaging and Photographic Technology Andrew Davidhazy @ The Rochester Institute of Technology has an incredible gallery of high speed photos – [via] – Link. Related: Splashes, splashes and more splashes! – Link. Homemade Strobe Photography. Take pictures of popping balloons, breaking glass, and water droplets. MAKE 04 – Page 102. High speed photo […]
Curtis writes – “I made a very inexpensive mount to stick my small digital camera onto my motorcycle handlebars. Using video mode and a large SD card I can record video while running the bike through canyons, and since it is behind the windscreen even the audio doesn’t sound that bad.” – Link.
Tobe shows you how to make a really neat RGB lamp – “On this page i will explain how i created my own colour changing lamp with red, green and blue leds that fades between all colours of the rainbow. It really comes out well at night when other light are dimmed. In daylight conditions […]
If you’re in San Jose today – check this out “DIY Urban Challenge is a workshop in which participants “hack” the streets of San Jose, creating objects which interject themselves into the urban fabric, to stimulate new experiences of the city. During a two day workshop participants will traverse San Jose detailing points of intersection […]
Here’s how to make a fantastic (and simple) AM radio, Grendel – “I just finished making quite possibly the world’s most simple radio. I had read a few HOWTOs for constructing a crystal radio. Some links offered the basic formulas for figuring the specs needed for the coil if you wanted to tune various frequencies. […]
Brunurb writes – “A classic radio used as an iPod Portable Audio System. Hacked this classic radio so that it worked as an iPod boombox. It works with 4 batteries to power the amplifier giving high volume level, ideal for outdoor use. It can also work without batteries with a volume suitable for indoor listening. […]
Leevonk shows you how to make a nice habitat for raising cockroaches – “…simple instructions on how to make a happy habitat for cockroaches to thrive. Taking a look around my kitchen, it seems that a lack of work is involved in this task. This is pretty much true. But in case anyone wants to […]
