Sparkfun electronics has a pretty good Maker-style challenge – “This is a 640×480 pixel resolution CMOS camera used in the Samsung E700 cellular phone. While 0.3 mega pixels may not sound like a lot, this module is one of the smallest, lowest cost CMOS imaging modules currently available to the embedded market…We would like to […]
Here’s how to make a 3D display for cell phones and LCD screens – From the site: “We present a novel, inexpensive, stereoscopic technique for generating 3D images from cellophane on a liquid crystal displays which are most typically used for a laptop screen or a camera phone screen. Stereoscopy requires independent manipulation of the […]
Imvain2 in the MAKE forums writes – “Looks like this guy took an idea that I had to a whole new level! Essentially this is a digital camera that you hold in your hand and it will spin 360 degrees.” Link. This is a pretty clever concept design, if the LCD screen or audio cue […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Voxphoto has a 10 year old Kodak digital camera and wants to take photos and post them up on Flickr. Remember these specs? 756×504 resolution (less than 0.4 megapixels), fixed focus, non-zooming lens (42mm equivalent), no LCD view screen, no removable memory (48 images at standard resolution). Oh, the memories! […]
Here are some photos a few microseconds after an atomic explosion by Harold Edgerton. “Edgerton built a special lens 10 feet long for his camera which was set up in a bunker 7 miles from the source of the blast which was triggered Nevada.” [via] Link. For some slightly safer high speed photography, check out […]
I’m thinking that this hand gesture recognition software might be a good way to get some more input for the low-cost VR system, or it just might be a lot of fun…“With almost any color camera and sufficient processing power, this software collection implements a hand gesture interface. It detects the hand in a standard […]
Greg writes – “I just got Make 05 and I saw your iSight Tripod mount. I think my design is better, and I even have a video up on how to build it. This provides a true stable mount for the base of the iSight and is low profiles as well. The problem with the […]
