Country Scientist — How to Photograph the Solar Aureole
The diameter and brightness of the aureole is related to the scattering of sunlight caused by particulate matter.
Photography & Video
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for creating and editing digital photos and videos, as well as how to make your own still and video cameras.
MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr pool More Tinkerbots [above, bottom-left] Interactive table glows with conversation [above, top-right] Painfully-cute papercraft [above, top-left] Mobius music strip plays on … and on … [above, bottom-right] Hot reflow action! Experiments in stereolithography
Weekend Project: Cellular Automata
This easy to construct kit is a fun way to play with cellular automata and video synthesis. When complete you will be able to uncover endless visual and sound patterns on any TV, no programming necessary. Available in the Maker Shed. http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKCG1
MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr pool DIY snowmaking [above, bottom-left] Max’s day of Making [above, top-right] New library teaches Arduino to speak iPod [above, bottom-right] Fibonacci sequence goes technoir, gets lagged [above, top-left]
How To – backup Flickr photos with FlickrEdit
A reader named Bruce sent in a request for a tool that will allow you to automatically download all of your Flickr photos for backup or export purposes. A quick search landed me on FlickrEdit, a Java desktop application that uses the Flickr API to manage and export your Flickr content. FlickrEdit will launch from […]
MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr pool Homeforged tools [above, bottom-left] Hacked phone charger does the trick [above, top-right] Tempurature-sensing Munny [above, top-left] Early (giant) iPod prototype? [above, bottom-right]
Box of Clouds viewer
Digital artist Kim Laughton made this cloud viewer out of an old keychain photo viewer. The backlight of the LCD screen was removed so you have to hold the box up to the light to see the clouds drifting by inside. Box of Clouds