John writes “If you have one of the hip Holga 120 ‘plastic-cams’ shooting 120 format film has it’s drawbacks, namely you can’t get it processed just anywhere. Well don’t dispaire, with a very small bit of work you can make a 35mm film adapter for it. Just need rubber bands and foam blocks (cardboard will do).BTW, this mod should work for most 120 cameras…” Link.
Great collection of camera hacks…Building a Car Camera Mount: A mount for getting in-car pictures and videos. Hacking Lenmar Mach 1 Speed Charger: Various battery power hacks using this cool charger. How to multiple expose with an APS camera: Want to try some creative imagery? How to re-use Kodak MAX One-Time-Use disposable camera? Let these step-by-step instruction show you how to turn disposable cameras into re-usable spy cameras. Link.
Mark writes “Well, after the “DIY iPod sock puppet” on MAKE:blog I thought it would be time for a “How to embroider a skull on a ipod sock”-how-to (btw, I was already busy with this embroidery-thing when I came across the brilliant ipod-sock-puppet)… Anyways, get yourself a ipod sock in true hax0rs-style! (but embroider what you like”. Link. Neat, that’s the logo I designed for Hack a day!
…low-cost water disinfecting system, which basically consists of a plastic tube and an ultraviolet light bulb, which can be run on solar power. It processes about five liters of water per minute. Ultraviolet light has been used to disinfect water for quite a while now. The inventors say the UV-Tube differs from other systems because it is inexpensive and less energy intensive. Link.
The purpose of this experiment is to maintain a stable plasmoid ( a ball lightning ) at one atmosphere in a spherical glass vessel. This experiment uses a kind of electronic trigger which is the GMR v1.0 ( Graphite Microwave Resonator ) placed in a microwave oven working at 2.45 GHz. A magnetron is compact, has a light weight ( compared to a HV transformer with the same output power ) and it is a high power device. It is able to produce a great amount of power in a small volume most particularly in a plasmoid. Link.
Eric over at Phonescoop has been working with a lot of the mobile sites over the last week to auction off tech goodies for a Hurricane relief benefit. We threw in 5 one year subscriptions to MAKE, so go over, bid win, MAKE stuff and help some folks out. Link.
Neat site of Jim’s Mac Aquariums he built – I built my first MacQuarium in June, 1995. It was a 2 1/2 gallon acrylic tank fitted into a Mac 512kE case. It looked good but burst a seam a couple hours after filling. This was no suprise since I know A Great Truth – I never do anything right the first time. Unfortunately, no video of this tank was taken and so no pictures are available. I ripped it to shreds in a fit of disgust and went back to the drawing boards. Link.
