X-ray Xbee
David Cranor put an Xbee radio in a CT scanner. Check out the closeup of the antenna!
Imaging
Captain America shield made from old satellite dish
Instructables user seamster wins the award for the best creative reuse of an old satellite dish I’ve seen.
Cell phone wide angle and fish eye lenses
Get your wide angle on with these lenses from Photojojo designed to be held up to your cell phone’s camera. [via Core77]
How-To: LED umbrellas
Two LED umbrella tutorials caught my eye today. Try out the projects by sockmaster (pictured) and matth3w.
How-To: Mini tablesaw from a rotary tool
Instructables user sdudley shares the plans for this neat little rotary tool table that acts as a mini table saw, router, sander, etc. Templates included, and he claims you can build one for about $20. He mainly uses his Dremel to build the thing, too.
DIY body scanner
Extreme maker and all-around bare metal hacker Jeri Ellsworth cobbled together this DIY TSA-like body scanner using a feed horn from a surplus satellite dish, an optical mouse, some components, and copious amounts of hot glue.
Electronic sunglasses
Designer Chris Mullin constructed these electronic sunglasses, which detect bright objects in your view and selectively darken them by turning on part of an LCD screen.
