Weekend Project: Animal Detector
Make a varmint detecting webcam that captures rascally rabbits in your backyard.
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.
Hydrogen balloon camera project
What says “family get-together” more perfectly than volatile, asphyxiating gas? Every year, Professor Fzz and his family get together over the Easter holiday and issue an “Easter Challenge.” Last year, they made an Egg Cannon. This year, they built a hydrogen balloon and suspended camera rig to take pictures of granddad’s house. I guess because […]
Wide angle pinhole camera
Photo from svofski on Flickr in the MAKE Flickr pool I made this from cardboard, old velvet jeans (for light-tight cover). The shutter is made from the back of an old 35mm camera. To start an exposure, you slide it down the plastic rails (barely visible). The pinhole itself is made in a foil shim. […]
MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr pool The ‘cracker box’ amp subwoofer Boombox becomes a bot [above, bottom-right] USB tape drive [above, top-right] LED matrix in acrylic Self-propelled bot makes its own moves [above, bottom-left] How-To: Make a toy car launcher[above, top-left]
G1 PhoneTar
Photo from Connors934 on Flickr Do you have a phone with a touch screen? Have you tried out some music applications and found the thing a bit awkward to hold? Last year I saw some people messing with guitar application on their phones at the Boston Fab Lab and it got me thinking. When I […]
World Pinhole Camera Day Camera Download
Sunday, April 26 is Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day, and Corbis Readymech Cameras has this downloadable camera shell that you can print and fold into a cool pinhole camera (along with all the technical instructions on making it work.) For more information abut Worldwide Pinhole Camera Day and loads of links to DIY pinhole cameras, check […]
MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr pool Compact LED matrix wearable Solar sculpture provides a mini sunset Arduino vs. Simon Cardboard box slide duplicator
