Nvidia’s New TX2 Board Does Dual 4K-Camera Object-Detection in Real Time
Useful for makers and professionals alike, the new board lets you track objects like never before.
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Building a Robotic Video Camera Rig Fit for a Studio
This robotic camera rig is a small-scale Milo rig with 6 degrees of control (including focus!). Perfect for creating professional videos.
Live the Legend of Invisible Giants with These Eyeball Foot Stilts
Cameras built into the bottom of stilts let you see the world the way legendary invisible giants did.
Snap Pictures with a Pinhole Camera from a Baking Sheet
Piekarski built a 35mm pinhole camera from a baking sheet. A pinhole camera uses a hole to allow light to shine onto film without a lens.
Review: Lomography Konstruktor DIY Kit
The Lomography Konstruktor DIY Kit comes with beautiful packaging and clear enough instructions, and shooting with finished camera is a unique experience. Get this for anyone looking for a fun kit experience, especially Instagram enthusiasts who may appreciate being reminded what their favorite filters are based on.
Survielance Camera Sculptures from Salvaged Cardboard
Sylvain and Helene of Filez doux create beautifully crafted surveillance cameras from cardboard that they find on the street, which they display as sculptural objects.
Which Camera Should You Use For Your Maker Project?
Blair Neal wrote an exhaustive Guide to Camera Types for Interactive Installations where he lays down various categories of cameras–everything from webcams to IR cameras to Kinects–and comments on their utility for different types of art installations, though I could totally see it being helpful for maker projects as well. [via Golan Levin]
