Month: April 2006

LED Tubes

LED Tubes

Today is a good day to be a LED, MAKE Flickr photo pool member Funnypolynomial writes – “I’ve had a thing for tubes (aka valves) since I was a kid. They made me thing of mini futuristic alien cities under a dome. I got some on ebay and mounted them on a plinth to make […]

The Real Acme

The Real Acme

Iowahawk has an a great post about Turbonique Inc, a company from the 1960’s who wanted to bring jet engines & rocket technology to the consumer market – for cars. “Once upon a time in the postwar, before the advent of EPA and OSHA and the Consumer Products Safety Commission and weenies in bike helmets […]

Make your own Light tent

Make your own Light tent

Bdgn01 writes – “I just made a light tent that’s a little larger than this one (it’s 4’x3′) with a roll of paper for the backdrop and bedsheets as diffusers. I think it cost, in total, about $30 for wood and paper. This will come in real handy for portfolio shots! – Link. Previous: HOW […]

Make a LED Tree

Make a LED Tree

Puffin_juice writes – “Do you have some spare LED’s lying around? Do you have some spare time and are you looking for something to do? Why not make an LED TREE. Its fun as long as you follow the steps and use a clean Soldering iron. The result is an amazing piece of art that […]