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Here’s a neat way to visualize 3d data from your Kinect: turn it into a live autostereogram! Kyle McDonald and Golan Levin put together this ofxAutostereogram project using Open Frameworks. Source code to the project is available at the link.
I love Cory Doctorow’s droll description of this creation almost as much as I love the thing itself:
This handy gentleman has built an (arguably ill-conceived, but nevertheless impressive) rifle-cum-slingshot that fires machetes, should you find yourself with the need to fire machetes.
The handy gentleman in question is YouTuber Jörg Sprave, slingshot enthusiast par excellence. He blogs about it here. [via Boing Boing]
Have you ever found that you needed to mount your iPhone on your DSLR? This can come in handy when you’re using apps like Pocket Light Meter and PanoTool. German photographer Nigel Nowhere pieced together this quick iPhone hotshoe mount for just such a purpose. You can build one for yourself with his easy to follow how-to.
This prototype clock from UK designers James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau is powered by a microbial fuel cell. It features a conveyor belt of flypaper that attracts flies and drops their bodies into the fuel cell. Depending on the available fly supply, the process can generate enough power to sustain itself and power a digital clock, as well. [via Boing Boing]
This week in the MAKE Flickr pool we saw:
Final Aztec coin by onorio.depiro.
Hot rod soldering iron by Jonathan M. Guberman.
Legs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by Lenny&Meriel.
Putting out the Fire by norrislabs
stereo – april 1979 by lookseeseen,
Handmade Synthesizer by MichaelRucci.
What’s not to love about Christopher Locke’s Analog Tele-Phonographer? Constructed from a salvaged trumpet and various machine parts, the device amplifies and directs music played by a docked phone without the need for additional power. And it looks pretty cool to boot! [via Gizmodo]
The iPhone Guru posted this how-to on making your own infrared transmitter so that you can use your iOS device (such as iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad) as a remote control for your DSLR. This hack is a quick one and you may even have the required components already. On the software side, you’ll need […]
