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 | USB Web Cam Super Telescope
Take your standard web camera. Attach a 12 dollar telephoto lens, and presto, you've got your very own Telescope and you can even record the video, too. Spy on your neighbors, the moon, anything you'd like! Capable of seeing craters on the moon.... |
 | Make a Night Vision Web Camera
Learn to convert your standard, boring webcam into a night vision web camera. See the world from a completely different point of view using an old webcam and some exposed film. First of all, this experiment has a high probablility of damaging... |
 | Use Infrared LEDs to Blind Security Cameras
Alan writes: "I have seen lasers used to "dazzle" security cameras before but they normally use visible light and need pinpoint accuracy to be effective. I had never thought about using an array of IR LEDs (infrared light emitting diodes) to create... |
 | Sparks, Electricity, and High Voltage Fun
To create this effect, we'll use an igition coil. What's an ignition coil Well a four stroke engine goes SUCK, SQUEEZE, BANG, BLOW. Literally. The BANG bit utilizes an ignition coil to produce a spark across the spark plug, initiating the power... |
 | Guard your Laptop with Electric Rings of Death
Combine a high voltage electrode and a motor and you can create an electric force field around your laptop. Note that all these photos are real, no photoshop. The pictures are all single shots and effects are produced with long exposure.
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 | Convert an Optical Mouse to Hand Held Scanner Most people aren't aware that optical mice have a tiny 18x18 camera built into them. Using your computer's serial port, you can connect to this micro scanner and essentially build a personal, hand held scanner. After tapping the optical sensor, the... |
 | 5 Minute, Dirt Cheap Multitouch Pad
We've recently seen huge advancements in multitouch technology with the iPhone, WiiMote, and more, but this is by far the easiest way to build your own multitouch sensing system. Basically, all you need is a webcam, glass pane, and a cardboard... |
 | Turn your Cell Phone into a Scanner
Using a free online service called ScanR, you can scan, copy, and fax with your camera phone or digital camera. Simple send document images from your cell phone and they'll convert them into clean, usable pdf files. They accept files... |
 | Sophisticated Web Controlled Surveillance Camera
Some web cams come with limited built in web based control. Apparently, that wasn't good enough for this guy. He built an entire web control system using these step motors, custom enclosures, and some wicked microcontroller programming and circuit... |
 | Animate with Light using LEDs and Exposures
Using the exposure feature on your camera, you can essentially draw with LEDs and the camera will capture the movement of the LED, creating a solid line. Here are two tutorials which show you how to turn these pictures into animated light videos. ... |
