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Monocle fixes webcam farsightedness

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 2:00pm MST by Mike Szczys

[Vik Oliver] came up with a webcam focus fix that is so quick and simple we never would have thought of it. He received the webcam as a gift and mounted on an articulated lamp so that it could easily be positioned around his projects. The problem is the camera lacks a focus adjustment so [...]
Build your own lightweight flash tripod

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 12:58pm MST by Mike Szczys

[Peter Karlsson] is a commercial photographer who wanted some ultralight, portable supports for multiple flashes. What he came up with meets those goals; measuring 16 inches long when folded and weighing just 14 ounces. They set up just like a tent because they’re made from tent poles. Like the portable habitats, the tripods have bungee [...]
iPhone case rehabilitation

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 11:00am MST by Mike Szczys

[Richard Cabrera's] iPhone was scratched from years of use. A big part of the appeal of Apple products is the dose of sexy that comes with them, so he set out to remedy this abomination. His iPhone case rehabilitation guide walks you through the miraculous transformation. One of the tools he uses is a headlight [...]
LED and fan controller

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 10:00am MST by Mike Szczys

Needing a front fan to keep his hard drive cool, [CalcProgrammer1] found he was unhappy with a single LED color for the fan. He swapped them out for a set of four RGB LEDs and whipped up his own controller board for the unit. It is based around an ATmega168 and patches into the COM2 [...]
Vacuum pick and place for SMD parts

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 8:39am MST by Caleb Kraft

[Pete] has written up this in depth how-to on building a vacuum pick and place from an aquarium pump and a pen. The pump conversion to vacuum is extremely simple, with a slight modification to a valve being all that is necessary. The pen is only slightly more involved, but still extremely simple. This entire [...]