DIY Projects

Citizen Scientist – projects

Citizen Scientist – projects

The latest Citizen Scientist is out, it’s filled with great science news and a couple fun projects – “…a home-brewed panoramic photo of a supercell thunderstorm in northern Illinois on 16 April 2006. This storm produced several wall clouds, but the rear-flank downdraft was too cold to allow a tornado to spin up. This panoramic […]

MintyCam – pinhole camera

MintyCam – pinhole camera

Osbock writes – “Pinhole camera constructed from an eclipse mint can. Inspired by the Matchbox camera by alspix. I must say, the Eclipse brand had something to do with the inspiration too. I made a few mods, though, I decided not to mask the frame, as I’ve always wanted to try “perf” images. I totally […]

Coke Blak lamp

Coke Blak lamp

MAKE Flickr photo pool member Macphile writes – “The moment I saw the Coke Blak bottle, I knew I had to make a lamp out of it. This is my first prototype, with the power being provided by my AA Mag-Lite. Next I’ll add internal power and do a prettier job light-sealing the neck of […]