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See a Light Show at Grand Central Station Celebrating Women in STEM

See a Light Show at Grand Central Station Celebrating Women in STEM

By Lisa Martin

Lisa Martin

A typical day for Lisa includes: getting up to see the sunrise, bicycling, interning at Make:, reading and writing short stories, and listening to audiobooks and podcasts for hours while working on projects or chores.

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“Unseen Stars,” a light show celebrating women in STEM, will be projected onto the ceiling of Grand Central Station from September 19-21.

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Use Polarized Lighting Techniques to Capture Cool Color Effects

Use Polarized Lighting Techniques to Capture Cool Color Effects

Ted Kinsman

By Ted Kinsman

Ted Kinsman

Ted Kinsman has worked as an optical engineer, a physicist, and a physics instructor before joining RIT to teach the technical side of imaging. He is one of the few active high-speed photographers able to photograph at times less than 1/1,000,000th of a second. Recently, Kinsman’s work has expanded to the x-ray region of the spectrum where he continues to explore imagery for books and magazines. His work has appeared on The Discovery Channel, Crime Scene Investigations (CSI), The X-Files, South Park, The Tyra Banks Show, and The Frozen Planet series. Kinsman is currently an Assistant Professor in the school of Photographic arts and sciences (SPAS) where he teaches in the Photographic Sciences Dept. at RIT.

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You can manipulate light to do all kinds of magical things in your photographs. Learn how to use polarized light to see objects in a new way.

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Check Out This Icosahedron Shop Lamp

Check Out This Icosahedron Shop Lamp

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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A truncated icosahedron is a 20-sided polyhedron, and there’s a good chance you haven’t realized its potential as a shop lighting fixture.

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Snap Pictures with a Pinhole Camera from a Baking Sheet

Snap Pictures with a Pinhole Camera from a Baking Sheet

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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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.

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IKEA Hack: DIY D20 Pendant Lamp

IKEA Hack: DIY D20 Pendant Lamp

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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Get geeky with your home decor! Make a super-easy DIY D20 pendant lamp with this smart IKEA hack. Have a Dungeon Master in your house? Turn a geometric lampshade into a gamer-friendly light source with this cool and eye-catching D20 pendant lamp tutorial from Kat and Cam at Our Nerd Home.

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Light It Up: Make a Glass Insulator Pendant Lamp

Glass from the Past: Make a Lamp With Vintage Power Line Insulators

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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When I was a kid, I spent tons of time walking under the power lines at my grandparents’ farm, hunting for old glass insulators. Over the years, I ended up with quite a colorful collection, and I love the idea of turning those fond memories into beautiful DIY glass insulator pendant lamps! In my opinion, […]

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DIY Lighting: Wooden Bead Pendant Light

DIY Lighting: Wooden Bead Pendant Light

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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Create your own custom lighting with colors to match your decor with this DIY wooden bead pendant light project! Pendant lamps are a great option for areas that need a little extra light, and, with a bit of know-how, it’s surprisingly easy to assemble one from scratch so you get exactly the look you want. […]

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