I like to give (and receive!) photos as gifts, but I get bored with the usual 5X7 framed variety. This tutorial from Photojojo might just fuel my next few gift giving sprees. They show how to create a double-sided set of puzzle blocks that lend a bit of interaction to enjoying the pictures. This could […]
Nature photographer and maker Marco Jetti wanted a device that would allow him to shoot pictures of animals from a distance. Using a pair of walkie-talkies and a custom circuit, Marco fashioned a long distance wireless shutter trigger capable of releasing the shutter from, reportedly, almost a kilometer away.
From the MAKE Flickr pool Arduino ISP Shield Business card caliper Super-simple camera clamp mount Ammo box fireworks controller IC wallet from chess-case Giant-sized VU meters
False-color shadowgram of gunshot from a .357 magnum by Gary Settles at Penn State university. The New York Times has an awesome slideshow of shadowgrams and Schlieren photographs, created by engineering professor Gary Settles, which accompany a 2008 article about his work at Penn State’s Gas Dynamics Lab. The method, which can produce fantastic visualizations […]
io9 features some cool shots of sculptures by designer and photographer Andrew Chase, who makes articulated metal animal sculptures. Here’s a stop-motion video he made by posing his “cheetah:” Via Neatorama.
I really like the inexpensive gimbal support developed by William over at YB2nornal for his $15 steadicam project. I may bogart it for a forthcoming Make: Project. Via Hack a day. From the pages of MAKE: Johnny Lee showed us how to build a $14 Video Camera Stabilizer way back in MAKE 01.
From the MAKE Flickr pool Flickr member six million dollar dan made clever use of a spring clamp for his garden timelapse camera – clamp is standard spring clamp. it actually has a hole in it already that fits a #1/4-20 screw. #1/4-20 is standard size for camera mounts (in the USA at least). I […]
