EMS Labs decided to give Jay Clegg’s excellent Peggy video hack a go and documented the results. The updated version of the project requires a Peggy 2 board (with all 625 LEDs installed), an Arduino (for Serial to I2C data conversion), and a computer running Processing with a video source. I’m thinking this is probably […]
Here’s a fun giggle-modded camera from 1932 – Party Fun With This FREAK Camera IF YOU are looking for something different in party entertainment, perhaps a freak camera similar to that shown here will help. This camera started life as a store box. A little paint and a trimming of lantern-slide tape transformed it into […]
Check out this really cool video by Alex Schlegel created using a really simple feedback loop with a webcam, computer, and projector (no extra graphics processing): Video experimenting with the feedback-induced patterns a webcam creates when viewing its own feed projected onto a wall. I connected a 1080p digital projector to my laptop and projected […]
The Upload section of Make is dedicated to “digital arts and crafts.” This can include any process, device, or software that you can tweak or hack to create digital, “uploadable” output. As the editor of this section I’ve pursued topics including how to make a chroma-keyed, “green-screen” video, how to use software that facilitates music […]
“Here is looking at you, Kid” by Berlin-based artist Aram Bartholl, is a low-tech way of fixing the annoying aspect of video conferencing where participants are not making “eye-contact” through their web cameras. Rather than looking at the camera, the typical person stares at their screen, thus not making eye contact with the person they […]
Indy Mogul shares this hi-speed how to on building your own cable track and camera mount for those cinematic fly-by shots – How to make a cable cam for cheap
MG writes– The other day I wrote about how the GeoEye-1 satellite would be taking images of President Obama’s inauguration from 423 miles up — in space. This could have only worked on a clear day, so that clouds weren’t blocking the view. Good news: It was a clear day, and the pictures (above and […]
