MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
Weekly Flickr Pool Round Up For March 13, 2011, at Make: Online.
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.
CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool, we saw: my stuffed animal dress! by MissMalaprop, balance board by elsiemarley, with tutorial, and Knitted Dalek: Geekiest, Awesomest Baby Gift Ever, by kpwerker,
Polar Bear Spy Cams
These covert cameras employed by wildlife videographer John Downer imitate natural elements of the Arctic Norwegian environment to grab an insanely closeup view of the polar bear’s journey. Jacob Resneck at Cool Hunting writes: Downer employs three types of cameras to track the lives of two mother bears as they lead their clubs across Arctic […]
Alert the internets about your project automatically at MetaLab
The fine hackers at MetaLab in Vienna put together this Alert the internets box, which lets you effortlessly share a project with the world. All you have to do is record some footage on the camera and then stick it on the dock, and an automated script downloads the video file, adds an intro animation […]
Maker Channel 103 on MAKE: television
Theremin Orchestra – Masami Takeuchis instrumental ensemble looks amazing and sounds even better.
Smoke Ring Machine – Ali Momeni shows off his programmable smoke ring generator.
Pulse-Jet Bike – Robert Maddox pulse-jet engine-powered bike makes tracks.
[Trouble Maker] Drink Beer on CSPAN Bill Barminski demonstrates a simple video hack.
Visualizing Wi-Fi Signals with Light Painting
Timo Arnall, who, together with Jack Schultze brought us a touchless Rube Goldberg machine based on RFID back in 2009, has teamed up with Jorn Knutsen and Einar Sneve Martinussen to produce Immaterials: Light Painting Wi-Fi, which is a project that visualizes wireless network signal strength in city areas using a custom-built 4-meter measuring rod equipped with LEDs and conventional light painting techniques. [via Core77]
DIY Compact DSLR Rig
Most of the DSLR shoulder mounts I’ve seen lately take a while to set up and tend to take up a bit of space. If you’re traveling and want to carry something compact and easy to set up, then check out this cool compact DSLR rig from youtuber mowaska.
