Bobby_M writes – “Scuba housings are not cheap to buy, but they are cheap to build. Home Depot parts + internet mail order + time = Housing for about $70 worth of parts. Start your cam recording, seal it in the housing, edit later. This one has been down to 92 feet salt water and […]
Michael writes – “Here’s how to photograph the Space Shuttle Discovery and ISS with a digital camera on a tripod.” – Link.
Mark shows how to make a DIY polarimeter for observing and photographing stress patterns in transparent plastic – Link. Related: Automated Photoelasticity – Link.
Raph writes – “I have used the NES/SNES controller on parallel port mod for years, but since parallel ports have become quite uncommon, I decided to design my own SNES/NES to USB adapter. The solution is completely open source so anyone with the right skills and equipment can build one.” – Link.
I’ve always liked Delicious Library for the Mac (you can scan in any book, movie, music, or video game, the application grabs the data, and puts it on your “shelf) – but, Barcodepedia (cross platform) is all web based, so – you could potentially have online communities of folks sharing/trading etc. Might also be an […]
Csc934 writes – “The put put boat is a steam powered boat. In this use, they are hand made from either baking pan aluminum or flashing. The boiler is made by cutting and flattening a soda can, folding it, then epoxying in two straws.” [via] – Link.
Hans DIY binary clock from scrap – “All the parts for this clock came from scrap. The red LED’s making up the display came from an old video player. The high brightness green LED was also from an old video player (a different one). The TTL logic chips were from old computer boards, with the […]
