Turn your R/C car into a secret spy vehicle with this simple project. Thanks go to Ben Wendt for the original article in MAKE, Volume 20. View the PDF of this project. and then subscribe to MAKE Magazine for other great projects you can do over the weekend.
One of a crafter’s best friends is no doubt the digital camera, and the clever minds over at Photojojo have a great suggestion about how to summon your lost camera — before it’s ever lost. They go through the steps of crafting a series of perfect photos that live on your memory cards and urge […]
All the buzz about the movie Avatar has me reminiscing about the Optics issue of MAKE. In Volume 14, award-winning filmmaker and digital artist Eric Kurland showed us how to build a 3D dual-camera rig, and make a live 3D video monitor and PSP stereoscope to go with it. Here’s Eric’s intro and backstory, and […]
Here’s a cool project out of the Ishikawa Komuro Laboratory: a touch-free, in-air typing interface for mobile devices. Using a custom-built parallel image processing board, they are able to track objects in 3d using a single camera.
From the MAKE Flickr Pool Vinmarshall posted this pic of his “bomb-proof” camera blast shield – and despite some limited flammability, the tough enclosure seems to live up to its name – Check out the full how-to on PopSci.
Did the transition to digital TV make you nostalgic for the analog recording days of your? Then why not go full-out and create an entirely analog camera using a mess of wires, individual sensors, and light bulbs arranged to make a screen.
This iPhone macro lens carousel mod is a great way to recycle that pile of scavenged optics you’ve got laying around.
