Czech photographer Miroslav Tichý captures images using handmade cameras built from salvaged material – discarded wooden spools, elastics, eyeglass lenses, and cardboard tubing find new life as part of his imaging gear. The resulting work is a testament to the poetic value error, imprecision, and circumstance can add to art. When asked about the theory […]
Researchers from the University of Washington’s Graphics and Imaging Laboratory are developing video enhancement software which utilizes data from related still images. Currently only for use with ‘still-life’ scenes, the process incorporates information from higher resolution photos and automatically maps it to the corresponding areas of the video in need of improvement – increasing resolution, […]
Here’s a fun online toy I found through Deep Fun– you paste in the url from an online image you like, and the software converts it into a kaleidoscope image – you can change the kaleidoscope image by clicking and dragging with your mouse. (that’s my cat, Jamie)
Flickr user Nebarnix posted an awesome gallery of high-speed photo eye-candy – High speed photography. If anyone has any requests I’d be happy to blow it up for you! Most of these photos are taken with a special flash unit that uses a high voltage arc in air as the light source. The flash of […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Building Benito [above, bottom-right] Software CV sequencer [above, bottom-left] DIY Channel cutting blade [above, top-right] Speaker cube [above, top-left]
I really like this project for its simplicity. The design can be adapted for a bunch of other things too. Maybe it could be adapted for a camera, or studio lights? Just don’t forget to paint the clamp, since it looks so much better in black! When I shoot concerts, I often record audio off […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Modded knee brace [above, bottom-right] Results from the electric junk guitar workshop [above, bottom-left] Hot PCB lasering action DFW Synth DIY Meet up Big box o’ techno [above, top-right] Catastrophic Cacophony Workshop DIY easel-workstation [above, top-left]
