DIY Screen glow
Simon writes – “I needed some light behind my monitor to ease the constrast at night. IKEA sells 1 foot long LED strip lights which work great for this.” – Link.
Month: July 2006
DIY Gary Fong Lightphere
Jason writes – “The Gary Fong Lightsphere is a flash diffuser that is gaining popularity with wedding and portrait photograhers world wide. His product is selling at a pace that the manufacturer can’t keep up with. This Flickr photoset demonstrates the use of a to-go container to make your own.” – Link.
Art from the US Naval Observatory
The US Naval Observatory has a ton of hi-res scans and photos of artwork, globes, clocks, telescopes, and other historical objects, the astrological drawings are incredible [via] – Link.
Fish piloted vehicle
Somewhat like the roach controlled robot from MAKE 02, this fish controlled vehicle navigates around as the fish pilot swims to different locations in the bowl – [via] – Link.
Electricity in the burbs
Telsa1000 keeps posting these amazing shots of electricity zorking around in the burbs’ of “somewhere” and last set includes build photos and plans on making a Tesla coil – Link.
HOW TO – Make your own iPod Hi-Fi mini
Here’s how to build your own “Hi-Fi” from old Macs… – “Just as the Mac mini has redefined people’s expectations on what a computer should be the iPod Hi-Fi mini brings all that is great in the iPod Hi-Fi down to a size that redefines what you should expect from your home stereo. Using the […]
Propeller drives homemade flying merry-go-round
These kids got to ride around on a homemade propeller driven merry-go-round, Popular Science 1939 – Link.