This photo manipulation is called a stereographic projection, which takes a standard photograph and stretches it around in a circle creating a Globe or Planet like image!
Most companies aren't interested in creating maker-friendly products, but sometimes, apparently by accident, a product comes off the assembly line that way. The Rancilio Silvia is just such a machine.
It was introduced in 1997, not as a commercial product but as a thank-you gift to importers and vendors of Rancilio's expensive restaurant-grade espresso machines. Unsurprising, then, that the ...
A couple of backyard DIYers created a detailed 1/3rd scale model of a Stargate . Fans of SG1 and Atlantis will immediately recognize the chevrons and all 39 hand-cut symbols. Built out of styrofoam, coat hangars, boards and 2×4s, the gate is surprisingly accurate and actually rotates to “dial” the partner gate just as in the show.
With the help of a bit of PhotoShop you’d hardly know the di...
God bless you, 4/4. Yes, there’s still something about that four-beat, sixteen step bar that gets toes tapping and booties shaking and floors fouring on the… floor. So, when musician and maker Steve Cooley decided he wanted more physical control, he didn’t want some perfectly generic controls, and he didn’t want rows and columns. He wanted sixteen steps and faders alongside. The result is Beatseqr...
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When Instructables member bertus52×11 had his cast removed after breaking his arm, he found that his arm was too weak to handle his DSLR camera. Realizing that those less fortunate might have similar problems with handling heavy equipment, he created a do-it-yourself camera support using PVC pipe that transfers the weight of your camera to your chest.
In addition to allowing people to mo...
Francesco Capponi ( Dippold on Flickr) has a fun printable template for creating your own nifty-looking 35mm pinhole camera.
All you need to do is print out the template on adhesive paper (size A4) and stick it onto some cardboard. Once you’ve cut out all the required pieces, follow the visual instructions provided to put it together:
Unlike many other paper pinhole camera projects ...
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From a previous hackday at InterAccess; photo ( CC-BY ) Rob Cruickshank .
Handmade Music is spreading . Toronto’s InterAccess has been a hub of terrific DIY activity in sound and other fields, otherwise known as a General Gravity Well of Awesomeness, and they’re now doing their own Handmade Music, kicking off this month.
Full call below, but as with other events, there is an open call for wo...
If you want to give your time lapse videos a nice, smooth pan, try looking next to the pans. Using only an old school kitchen timer and a Go Pro camera, a Make reader whipped up this neat video.
The simplest hacks are the best kind, and this $7 solution is definitely satisfying by that measure. By the way, did you see what I did up there with those "pans"? [ Make ]
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