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August 22, 2008
Kaleidoscope your photos
Here's a fun online toy I found through Deep Fun- you paste in the url from an online image you like, and the software converts it into a kaleidoscope image - you can change the kaleidoscope image by clicking and dragging with your mouse. (that's my cat, Jamie)
Posted by Patti Schiendelman |
Aug 22, 2008 07:00 AM
Kids, Photography, Toys and Games |
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August 19, 2008
Photographically enhanced video
Researchers from the University of Washington's Graphics and Imaging Laboratory are developing video enhancement software which utilizes data from related still images. Currently only for use with 'still-life' scenes, the process incorporates information from higher resolution photos and automatically maps it to the corresponding areas of the video in need of improvement - increasing resolution, dynamic range, ligthing, and even masking specified areas.
Unlike traditional visual effects software (e.g., After Effects, Shake, Boujou, etc), the system is completely automatic and no manual labor is required from the user. The major limitation of the work is that it can currently handle only videos of static scenes (i.e., videos shot with a moving camera but containing no moving objects in the scene). Efforts are being made to lift this restriction in future work.Pretty amazing results, especially if the software works as effortlessly as described. Unfortunately rendering times currently required are even more impressive - taking a Linux server farm 5 minutes to churn out a single frame! Developers say this will improve after forthcoming optimizations.
- Using Photographs to Enhance Videos of a Static Scene [via Gizmodo]
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Aug 19, 2008 02:00 PM
Imaging, Photography |
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High-speed photo gallery
Flickr user Nebarnix posted an awesome gallery of high-speed photo eye-candy -
High speed photography. If anyone has any requests I'd be happy to blow it up for you!- High-speed photography on Flickr [via NOTCOT]Most of these photos are taken with a special flash unit that uses a high voltage arc in air as the light source. The flash of light lasts only 500 nanoseconds!
High-Speed Photography Kit Version 4
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Aug 19, 2008 05:00 AM
Photography |
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August 17, 2008
MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool
- Building Benito [above, bottom-right]
- Software CV sequencer [above, bottom-left]
- DIY Channel cutting blade [above, top-right]
- Speaker cube [above, top-left]
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Aug 17, 2008 02:30 PM
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August 12, 2008
DIY: Stand clamp for portable recorder
I really like this project for its simplicity. The design can be adapted for a bunch of other things too. Maybe it could be adapted for a camera, or studio lights? Just don't forget to paint the clamp, since it looks so much better in black!
When I shoot concerts, I often record audio off camera with a portable recorder. I needed a way to attach the recorder to the stand when I use a mic on top of a light stand. This bracket is made out of PVC pipe fitting, and will clamp onto the stand. If I extend the stand to get the mic 6' up, the recorder can still be lower so I can check settings easily.
Read more about the DIY: Stand clamp for portable recorder
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
Aug 12, 2008 02:00 AM
DIY Projects, Photography, Portable Audio and Video |
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August 10, 2008
MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool
- Modded knee brace [above, bottom-right]
- Results from the electric junk guitar workshop [above, bottom-left]
- Hot PCB lasering action
- DFW Synth DIY Meet up
- Big box o' techno [above, top-right]
- Catastrophic Cacophony Workshop
- DIY easel-workstation [above, top-left]
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Aug 10, 2008 06:00 PM
Photography |
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August 3, 2008
MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool
- ThingamaHat [above, top-left]
- Headphone-muffs [above, top-right]
- Remote-controlled ducks [above, bottom-left]
- Money-button [above, bottom-right]
- Vacuum tube earring
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Aug 3, 2008 02:30 PM
Photography |
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August 1, 2008
Film integrates itself onto grain silos
This video shows a site specific film called the "Image Mill" projected onto 81 individual grain silos that are each 30 meters tall. The film was shot in such a way so that the contours of the silos are integrated into the picture to create a more realistic image landscape. Watch the video and you will understand.
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Aug 1, 2008 09:00 AM
Made On Earth, Photography |
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July 30, 2008
5 in 5: Day 2
Day 2 of 5 in 5 brought to life a periodic tote, tickets to a sunset, a year in pictures, balls of light. In an impromptu celebration of old-time computing we got earrings compatible with your PC, AsteriskFTP, and thank goodness there's finally BASIC for Twitter. Clink your glasses for a laser photo trigger, trip the family crest fantastic, snap a jacket, work some flash, and with today's guest star, compare the Olympic to the merely average.
The group is now 14 strong and with today's Guest Star Dennis Crowley, they did each project in a single day. Three more days to go! Check out the Etsy Video published yesterday by Guest Star Bre Pettis that includes FrankenFace.
Posted by Rob Faludi |
Jul 30, 2008 07:00 PM
Arts, Computers, Crafts, Electronics, Makers, Photography, Wearables |
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July 27, 2008
MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool
- HTML Color Name Generator
- Dollars to buttons [above, top-left]
- rulers + tape +books = Rule Organ [above, top-right]
- Ikea kitchen hack: in-board bowl [above, bottom-left]
- Tori Amos in LEGO [above, bottom-right]
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Jul 27, 2008 02:00 PM
Photography |
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July 21, 2008
Turn your point and shoot into a time lapse camera
"CamTim" is yet another camera hack that allows any digital camera with a remote control to be used for time-lapse photography. It also allows for external trigger mode so that you can hook up a Zigbee module to it for instance and control it from far distances. The system uses a PIC16F84A and relays to trigger a solenoid which pushes the camera's remote button. More info on the build at the link below.
CamTim: Hacking a camera remote for time-lapse photography
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Jul 21, 2008 06:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Photography |
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Film animals in the wild without being there
This hack shows how to turn a Sony video camera into a motion detector to track animals in the wild and would then begin to record when it saw something moving. Although this feature is sometimes already built into video cameras, this maker decided to create her own using a simple relay circuit to control the power on the camera and the record button to trigger the filming. We also like the ghetto case that this thing resides in.
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Jul 21, 2008 05:00 AM
DIY Projects, Photography |
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DIY Softbox from an umbrella
This instructable shows you how to make a really nice softbox out of a silvered umbrella. The total project cost was about $23, which is a lot less than any professional model.
So this buddy of mine has a really cool 26" softbox (Wescott Apollo) that is unique in that it has an internal umbrella shaft and can be used with an ordinary lightstand and speedlight, without any additional hardware. So these softboxes are great, except they cost $140 USD so I set out to make something similar for $23 and it works like a champ! I also wanted something that looked at least sort-of professional, was collapsable and fully portable.
Learn how to make a Softbox from an umbrella
More:
How-To - Super softbox
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
Jul 21, 2008 01:00 AM
DIY Projects, Instructables, Photography |
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July 17, 2008
Robot face Flickr Pool
Someone has created this fun Flickr Pool of photos of common (and not so common) objects that resemble the faces of robots.
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Jul 17, 2008 05:00 PM
Arts, Photography |
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July 13, 2008
MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool
- Automatic Cat Faucet [above, bottom-right]
- Former minivan makes new trailer
- Electric gongs [above, bottom-left]
- Aurora open-source music controller
- LEGO paper-cone record player [above, top-left]
- Gakken Electronics experimentor set [above, top-right]
- Indian beatmachine bending
- Maker's Quilt - first board
- DIY battery level indicator
- Giant connect four game board
- Demolished house kalimba
Posted by Collin Cunningham | Jul 13, 2008 07:30 PM
Photography | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email EntryJuly 12, 2008
Light drawing tutorial
We pointed out this great Instructable on making LED light drawing pens a while back. Stuart and Lori have a really neat tutorial about light drawing on their site, LightDoodles. (I've always loved this picture of Picasso.)
Light doodling or light drawing can be described as the simple act of capturing the trace of a narrow moving source of light using long exposure photography, long being defined as seconds or minutes. The moving light source will then appear in the finished picture as more then what actually exists and is truely a representation of time as well as space and movement.
Posted by Patti Schiendelman | Jul 12, 2008 07:00 AM
Arts, Kids, Photography | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email EntryJuly 9, 2008
Plastination
Here's another beautiful photo essay by Marc Steinmetz - plastination by Gunther von Hagen. It's fascinating and somewhat disturbing - don't click through if you're squeamish. Here's a short explanation of the process.
Posted by Patti Schiendelman | Jul 9, 2008 07:00 AM
Photography, Science | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email EntryJuly 8, 2008
Phytochemical microscopy
If you decide to hang out indoors this week, take a look at this Florida State University gallery of phytochemical micrographs- micrographs are photographs taken through microscopes; phytochemicals are chemicals produced by plants.
Capsaicin - This chili pepper-derived spice packs the wallop in your hot tamale, but it is also a digestive aid, a topical painkiller, and a potential cancer-fighting compound.
I love this picture, it looks like some wonderful textile art.
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Velcro being pulled apart
Build your own digital microscope
Microscopy photo poolPosted by Patti Schiendelman | Jul 8, 2008 07:00 AM
Kids, Photography, Science | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email EntryJuly 7, 2008
Arduino sound sensitive photo trigger
The Glocal website has got the MAKE site pinned on this one: an open source, Arduino-powered, Altoids tin-encased digital photo hack. From the site:
This Arduino-based hack lets you take pictures by triggering your camera's shutter on a time delay (every ten seconds, every 20, every ten minutes...), or by plain old sound: you make a noise and the camera takes a picture. We've been perfecting it and it is very sensitive- anything from a whisper to a loud sound will make it trigger the camera.
Schematic and Arduino code included.
Posted by Becky Stern | Jul 7, 2008 01:30 PM
Arduino, Electronics, Photography | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email EntryJuly 6, 2008
MAKE Flickr Pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool- Twitter Fail Whale [above, top-left]
- Wind-powered string plucker
- Hydrophone eyeball? [above, top-right]
- Soldering floss [above, bottom-right]
- Cigarette tin "boom" box[above, bottom-left]
- PVC sprinkler = summertime fun
Posted by Collin Cunningham | Jul 6, 2008 04:00 PM
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