How-To: Homemade iPad case
Instructables user Blackdog Barker constructed this personalized iPad case from a piece of wood, an old leather jacket, and some other various bits. Looks great!
Imaging
How-To: Simple rolly bot
Randy Sarafan writes: This Simple Bot was inspired by a work by artist James Rouvelle called Colony in which a bunch odd shaped ovals self-propel around their environment. It is my understanding that his bots were made by placing a vibrating motor freely inside of a Styrofoam ball that was then coated to give it […]
How it was made – Time lapse of guy “walking across America”
Mike “walks across America” from New York to San Francisco, part of some ad or something. Here’s a Google Map of his journey… He didn’t walk the entire distance but that’s not the interesting part, the behind the scenes video (above) has some neat tidbits on how you can make something like this too.
Google has a Great Glass Elevator; they call it “Liquid Galaxy”
.all of a sudden, flying around in Google Earth really felt like flying, and exploring the ocean trenches was like piloting a submarine. When you splashed through the sea surface you cringed slightly, expecting to get wet. You could even command your own lander down to the Moon or Mars…With the Liquid Galaxy, we could fly through the Grand Canyon, leap into low-Earth orbit, and come back down to perch on the Great Pyramid of Giza without even breaking a sweat.
How-To: Camera Buoy
If you’re planning on heading to the water this weekend with your waterproof camera, consider making a buoy to take along, lest your photos be lost in the drink!
Action POV provides comic-book sound/action FX in real life
In response to this morning’s post about self-captioning POV ping pong paddles, a helpful commenter pointed me at this “action POV” gimmick from Flickr user zeni666. There’s not much detail, other than that it involves an Arduino and 7 white LEDs. But POV displays are old hat, around here. Check the “More” block for all kinds of how-to. [Thanks, 23N!]
Projector ring
Inspired by 19th Century Standhopes, Bristol artist Luke Jerram (of “Play me, I’m yours” fame) designed this elegant and inspired portrait projecting ring for is wife Shelina Nanji as a wedding ring. Working together with jeweler Tamrakar, Jerram created a ring that, in a darkened room, with a light source behind it, will project a series of portraits from a selection of miniature slides.
