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Wired makes a scannercam

Wired makes a scannercam

On Wired’s How-to Wiki, they decided to try their hand at building Mike Golembewski’s Scanner Camera project, featured in MAKE Volume 14 and in the Sept 19th episode of Make: Weekend Project (see both below). Charlie Sorrel, author of the piece, did what looks like a nice job with the build, but the results look […]

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HOW TO – “Homemade strobe photography”

HOW TO – “Homemade strobe photography”

Homemade strobe photography by Tom Anderson and Wendell Anderson… JUMPIN’ JACKED FLASH We built a strobe flash out of a Kodak disposable camera and then designed a circuit that triggers the flash when it detects a sound or other measurable event. The strobe flash will freeze motion! We use a digital camera set for a […]

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Pinhole tophat

Pinhole tophat

Seen on the Make: Flickr Pool, a pinhole camera housed inside of a top hat. Abracadabra Pinhole Camera

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HOW TO – Turn an instant camera into an emergency strobe

HOW TO – Turn an instant camera into an emergency strobe

Here’s an Instructable that shows you how to modify a disposable camera to turn it into a high-intensity strobe light warning flasher. Hack a flash camera into a emergency strobe light

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