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Camera Hacks |
 | DIY Google Street View System
Now you can have your very own copy of Google's revolutionary camera system! Use it to make your own street view videos from a car or you can even mount it on a backpack and take it hiking with you. You can even install a remote control for... |
 | DIY Doorbell Video Security System
Ever wonder who comes to your door during the day while you're gone? Here's a simple DIY project to answer that question. Every time someone rings your doorbell, you’ll receive a text message containing a photo of the person. The system... |
 | DIY 360 Degree Panoramic View
When this ball is thrown into the air, its 36 cellphone cameras simultaneously snap a photo. The result is a panoramic view of everything around it, above it, and below it. Of course, it's also well cushioned in case you drop it.
The ball... |
 | DIY Bluetooth Camera Shutter Release
If you're into photography, you may be wishing for a way to activate your camera shutter from a distance. Making use of an Arduino Uno bluetooth transceiver and an Android smartphone, this DIYerallace created a fairly simple way to send signals... |
 | Brainport Vision Device Gives “Sight” Through the Tongue
Cutting edge technologies like the Brainport Vision Device are helping the blind scale new peaks; quite literally. The video above shows how a man uses Brainport to see via give the visually impaired a limited sense of sight through sensory... |
 | DIY NFL-Style Gimball Camera Rig
At football games, you may have noticed the cameras zipping around above the field providing unique views of the game - These are called gimball cameras. These students built one for a senior project, fully functional with remote control tilt and... |
 | Custom Rig to Photograph the Tallest Tree in the World
This extreme photography project by National Geographic isn't our typical hack, but we've posted it to inspire your DIY photography projects. At an average height of 300 feet, Redwoods are the tallest trees in the world and even the best... |
 | DIY Motion Detection Wildlife Camera
A wildlife camera with a motion detection feature sounds like an expensive piece of equipment. But in reality, when you look at the parts needed to put together this DIY photography project, it is definitely one of the cheapest for a bit of amateur... |
 | Turn an iPhone into a Microscope for $10
Using a $10 mini-microscope from Amazon, you can bring DIY macro photography to your iPhone. Basically, you just super glue the microscope to a plastic case for the iPhone which you can slip on and off. The video below shows a quick demo. For... |
 | Turn an iPhone into a Wireless iPad Camera
One of many complaints about the iPad is the lack of a front facing camera for video chat. Well, if you're fortunate enough to own both an iPad as well as an iPhone 3G, you can steam a video feed from you iPhone to your iPad. It's dirt simple... |
