“Design For Hack” in Medicine
Medicine was once the arena for large players with deep pockets, but makers are developing accessible solutions for a fraction of the cost.
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DIY Holograms – In Full Color!
We love the DIY Hologram Kit, but did you know that it could be capable of making full color holograms? With the right lasers and a little more funding, you’ll soon be able to purchase a full color hologram kit!
Hacktastic Horizontal Helical 3D Display
Besides being a generally cool idea, French inventor Michel David’s volumetric display prototype gets serious wacky-contraption style points. Michel puts the cost of his machine at €40, and though his results are definitely proof-of-concept quality, I have to agree with Mike Szczys that the prototype itself “looks like a DaVinci sketch.”
New Method for Vectorizing Pixel Art
I especially like the new streamlined Space Invader shapes. I always wondered what they really looked like.
Printable Tilt-Shift Lens Adaptor
The traditional way to cobble together a tilt-shift adaptor involves some plumbing and a little trial and error. Things have become a little easier if you have access to a 3D printer. Instructables user Joe Murphy put together this custom tilt-shift adaptor for his micro 4/3 camera, but I’m sure you could adapt it to any other DSLR for similar results.
Inertial Control Orb for Desktop Spherical Display
I didn’t think Nirval Patel’s DIY desktop spherical display unit could get any better. I was wrong.
What a Real Spaceship Cockpit Looks Like
Sweet find by our own Rachel Hobson over on National Geographic: A zoomable high-resolution panorama of Discovery’s flight deck, by photographer Jon Brack. I swear I’ve found at least one stripped screw head.
