Adorable wildlife photography bot
Is it me or are Evan Ackerman’s headlines getting funnier every day? This is the BeetleCam, by Will and Matt Burrard-Lucas. [via BotJunkie]
Photography
DIY Macro Lighting Ring
Taking a picture of a circuit board just got a little easier. Using aftermarket automotive LED headlight rings and a spare lens hood, maker Udi Tirosh has fashioned a DIY macro lighting LED ring.
MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
This week in the MAKE Flickr pool we saw: DIY Multiple Voltage Bench PSU by krusty, 55-250 with WeightShifter by skazi, Breadboarding SMDs by lightsink, HeatSync Labs 4/15 meeting by JohnKit, and iBall Prototype 1 by Drew Mithi.
Flash triggers with xBee radios
Our own Matt Mets has a great project up where he makes homebrew camera flash triggers with xBee radios: A year and a half ago, I started dabbling with using off-camera flash units, in order to exact better control over the lighting in my photographs. Of course, to do this, I had to invest in […]
Caleb Charland’s science art
I love Caleb Charland‘s geeked-out photography. His work, in essence, consists of scientific experiments explored on film — magnets, electricity, fluid dynamics — all beautiful. My process and choice of subject matter stems from growing up in a do-it-yourself household where I learned to appreciate the power that tools and materials hold. As I explore […]
MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
This week in the MAKE Flickr pool we saw:
Owl nest web cam
I lived in a rental years ago that had a water tower on the property. Each year barn owls nested in the eaves of the water tower, and each year my husband and I spent many evenings sitting nearby watching them. We saw babies learn to fly, mother and father swoop in and out with […]
