Archive for July 2011
Giant Lens Plush Pillows are Perfect for Your DSLR Body
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Photography geeks listen up. You can get gigantic pillows that look like lenses, and that would look really cool on your couch or bed. These things remind me of when I worked in the hospital; we had a giant 1-liter syringe used for calibrating machinery. I would at times whip… |
July 9th, 2011
Retro Tech Gets a Papercraft Makeover
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I’ve never been particularly adept at cutting precise forms with an X-Acto knife, and then if I do anything with glue, it ends up everywhere it’s not supposed to. So when I see work like this, I can really appreciate the amount of artistic talent and technique it takes to… |
July 8th, 2011
Zelda Playing Cards Introduce a Fifth Suit
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Even though I’m not a Zelda fan, I really loved Ben Howard’s Zelda chess set because of the wonderful character designs, which all fit their assigned roles nicely. But I now have a new Zelda and analog game mashup favorite, even though they’re still a concept: Zelda playing cards by… |
July 8th, 2011
Awesomely Detailed Wooden Replica Caterpillar Excavator: Dig It?
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This is one of those strange DIY projects that is awesome, silly, and just plain weird all rolled into one. If I were going to spend thousands of hours making an exact 1/16 scale replica of something it would certainly not be a Caterpillar 5230B front shovel. This is one… |
July 8th, 2011
Tiny Space Invader Arcade Cabinet: Easy to Look at, Hard to Play on
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I wasn’t aware that there are enthusiasts that love making miniature arcade cabinets. And they don’t just make beautiful cases, like the ones we’ve featured before, their machines are actually functional. One of the newer ones is this Space Invaders… cabinet made by YouTuber vcoleiro1. |
July 8th, 2011
DIY Camera Geek Makes His Own “Instant” Camera
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Instant cameras should be instant, right? When you say instant camera I always think of the old Polaroids that would spit the picture out the front for you and you had to set it aside to let it finish developing. That usually took a few minutes before your picture was… |
July 8th, 2011
M.I.C. Aluminum Keyboard Case For iPad2: Looking Like a MacBook Air
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If you’ve currently got an iPad 2 and want to try something different with it, then check out this keyboard and case combo from M.I.C. It looks pretty decent, and seems to match the iPad 2 case pretty well. This will basically turn your iPad 2 into a MacBook Air… |
July 8th, 2011
DIY Laser-Cut Camera Snaps Artsy Photos
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Have you ever thought about making your own camera? Well the KDS-POTO2 camera by Kit Man from Kit Da Studio definitely looks like it will do the job. It’s a fully functional camera, and kind of reminds me of those Lomo camera kits that I’ve seen in the past.… |
July 8th, 2011
Pixbags DSLR Bags Make Your Cameras Look Like Stuffed Toys
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Almost all of the bags and cases that I’ve seen for SLRs are either black or brown and just plain boring. While I get that it’s for practicality’s sake, it does very little for aesthetics, which I’m sure, matters to a lot of people. |
July 8th, 2011
Cryptex Flash Drive is a Mini Mechanical Marvel
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When I first saw this gadget, I figured it was some sort of Cryptex designed for hiding away secrets in the bowels of a tomb or under the Vatican. But what you’re looking at here is just a really, really cool USB drive.… |
July 7th, 2011
