Working on a low-budget indy project and need a dolly shot, but would rather hack something up than spend funds on expensive gear? Maker J.G. Pasterjak's DIY camera dolly built...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Monday November 1st, 2010 1:48 AM
Categories: Art & Design | 3 Comments
I’ve used quite a variety of sound-isolating personal audio gear; around-ear cans, in-ear buds, as well as active noise-canceling models. All of these posed problems for me in one way...
Posted by Collin Cunningham | Wednesday August 25th, 2010 7:17 AM
Categories: General, Music | 10 Comments
Some of the newer DLSR cameras will shoot surprisingly good HD video. Put one on a RC helicopter and you've got one exciting toy that can that can take a...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Monday April 26th, 2010 2:35 AM
Categories: Photography & Video | 4 Comments
The brilliant (if perhaps poorly named) pCubee from The University of British Columbia's Human Communications Technology Lab is exactly what it appears to be--a box with flat screens on 5...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Friday April 2nd, 2010 1:05 PM
Categories: Art & Design, Fun & Games | 2 Comments
We just finished up with Ignite Sebastopol, part of Global Ignite Week. During the setup the camera we were going to use to stream the event ended up not working,...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Thursday March 4th, 2010 12:24 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Electronics | No Comments
The Vuzix Wrap 920AR is the sort of high-end consumer gadget that would end up serving as merely a head-mounted display and its AR component would fall by the wayside....
Posted by John Baichtal | Saturday January 9th, 2010 7:08 AM
Categories: Art & Design | No Comments
All the buzz about the movie Avatar has me reminiscing about the Optics issue of MAKE. In Volume 14, award-winning filmmaker and digital artist Eric Kurland showed us how to...
Posted by Goli Mohammadi | Thursday January 7th, 2010 2:24 PM
Categories: Fun & Games | No Comments
Jim K writes in to share this fun-looking project, a DIY handheld projector. Similar to the larger homebrew video projectors we have covered in the past, this one uses the...
Posted by Matt Mets | Thursday December 17th, 2009 8:19 PM
Categories: General | 5 Comments
Zach Lieberman’s been working with the Virtual Magician on Magic Projection 1.0, an OpenFrameworks-based projection system for interactive magic shows. Very cool! More: The EyeWriter
Posted by Becky Stern | Monday December 7th, 2009 12:06 PM
Categories: Computers & Mobile | No Comments
When I first saw this proof of concept synchronized grid of iPods I wondered why somebody would go through all the trouble. I have to catch myself when I think...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Tuesday November 10th, 2009 2:25 AM
Categories: Art & Design | 1 Comment
The user interface to the R1 radio is both familiar and unique. Roll up and down for volume or scroll left to right to tune. It's brilliant in its simplicity...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Thursday November 5th, 2009 12:16 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Craft | 3 Comments
Cigar boxes are great containers for loads of things. I had a bunch on hand after going to the local wine shops and asking for donated cigar boxes. Inspired by...
Posted by Chris Connors | Friday October 30th, 2009 6:23 PM
Categories: Education | 3 Comments
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