Andy’s lovely mood lamp looks even better under the hood! To keep the pattern of light even, he devised a really sweet dodecahedral assembly of custom circuit boards with SMD LEDs mounted on them. The first thing I did was devise a plane for the “bulb.” I decided to go with a dodecagon, which I […]
The inimitable Randy Sarafan writes: I decided to make a quality DIY intervalometer for my DSLR Pentax camera. This intervalometer should work with most major brands of DSLR cameras such as Nikons and Canons. It works by triggering the shutter using the camera’s remote trigger port. It can also auto-focus before each shot if so […]
Experiment with a ring flash on the cheap with this DIY papercraft ring flash project from Diego Billi and Sylights. Just plug your camera and flash specs into the Ring Flash Template Creator, print, then cut, fold, and paste. You’ll end up with a nifty little light guide that’ll get you started.
I’ve loved split-flap displays since I first saw one as a kid in Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station. Since then, I’ve been happy to learn that I’m not the only one who appreciates the beauty of these kinetic information boards. In fact, one sits in New York City’s Museum of Modern Art as part of their […]
Read through PenfoldPlant’s guide to building a large snow sculpture, namely this snow hand, so you’re prepared to get out there and be creative when the next blizzard hits!
Snow is on the minds (and driveways) for us in the northeast, so Johngineer couldn’t help but to cylon-up a lawn tractor snow plow. He writes: Back in September I attended the Open Hardware Summit — Everybody who attended got a swag-bag of goodies. Included among these was a Larson Scanner by Evil Mad Scientist […]
#10 Gyrocar by Matthew Gryczan #9 Medicine Man Glider by Ryan Grosswiler #8 Meat Head by Andy Oakland #7 Jam Jar Jet by William Gurstelle #6 Making a Hard-Shell Mold by Adam Savage #5 Make a Wind Generator by Abe Connally #4 Custom Fit Earbuds by Collin Cunningham #3 The Most Useless Machine by Brett […]
