This website shows a hand made set up for taking highspeed inflight pictures of insects. Included is a pdf of the circuit board layout and a series of improvements and different photos illustrating improvements. The gallery of pictures is truly inspiring. Thanks DeKitchen! Link.
ZaphodB42 writes “We’ve all seen that spiffy “transparent” desktop hack on the net. But thats ancient history. Here is a quicktime movie of a “live” transparent desktop. Ok, you’ve probably figured out that its not a “real” transparent desktop. For one thing, I did not have all the camera angles perfect, so things do not line up exactly. The video cameras I have do not have a wide enough zoom lens. But with a little more time, I’ll get things aligned and post a new video. Still a neat trick”. Link.
Here’s HOW TO create your own optical wallpaper for your room…If you put a magnifying glass a few inches from a wall that is opposite a window, you will see the outside view projected upside down on the wall. But if you put a lens on the window and cover the rest of the window with opaque material, the lens will project the outside view over the entire opposite wall, of course you must have the proper size lens for the room. Thanks Walt! Link.
Want to control your Ceiva picture frame yourself? Want to send pictures to it from you local server? Hack your Ceiva picture frame to run linux and drive it from your own local linux server. Link.
Great article for salvaging parts from a camera for robots…how-to steps for getting the SONAR unit safely out of the camera and how to modify it so you can use it in your projects. There is minimal electronics knowledge needed and in fact I got much of this information right from the “horses mouth”, Polaroid. [via] Link.
Here’s a modified tunecast 2 that now uses USB and PS/2 power instead of AAA batteries. This is part of an ongoing project that also increases the range by 20-30 feet. [via] Link.
Keeping cool indoors when it is hot outdoors is a problem. The sun beating down on your home causes indoor temperatures to rise to uncomfortable levels. Air conditioning provides some relief. But the initial costs of installing an air conditioner and the electricity costs to run it can be high. In addition, conventional air conditioners use refrigerants made of chlorine compounds, suspected contributors to the depletion of the ozone layer and global warming. But there are alternatives to air conditioning. This article provides some common sense suggestions and low-cost retrofit options to help you “keep your cool” and save electricity. Link.
