Make an antigravity chamber
Here’s a clever way to simulate antigravity-like conditions for filming small objects… – Link.
Imaging
Make an underwater housing for a miniDV
Bobby_M writes – “Scuba housings are not cheap to buy, but they are cheap to build. Home Depot parts + internet mail order + time = Housing for about $70 worth of parts. Start your cam recording, seal it in the housing, edit later. This one has been down to 92 feet salt water and […]
HOW TO – Take photos of the Space Shuttle and Space Station
Michael writes – “Here’s how to photograph the Space Shuttle Discovery and ISS with a digital camera on a tripod.” – Link.
DIY Polarimeter
Mark shows how to make a DIY polarimeter for observing and photographing stress patterns in transparent plastic – Link. Related: Automated Photoelasticity – Link.
SNES/NES gamepad to USB adapter
Raph writes – “I have used the NES/SNES controller on parallel port mod for years, but since parallel ports have become quite uncommon, I decided to design my own SNES/NES to USB adapter. The solution is completely open source so anyone with the right skills and equipment can build one.” – Link.
Scan barcodes with your web cam
I’ve always liked Delicious Library for the Mac (you can scan in any book, movie, music, or video game, the application grabs the data, and puts it on your “shelf) – but, Barcodepedia (cross platform) is all web based, so – you could potentially have online communities of folks sharing/trading etc. Might also be an […]
Put put boats
Csc934 writes – “The put put boat is a steam powered boat. In this use, they are hand made from either baking pan aluminum or flashing. The boiler is made by cutting and flattening a soda can, folding it, then epoxying in two straws.” [via] – Link.
