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Build Your Own Tiny Wi-Fi Camera

Ever wanted to build your own tiny remote monitoring camera to keep track of who’s sticking their hand in the cookie jar? The Internet of Things camera is an open-source camera build based on an Arduino that can be set up to snap pictures at regular intervals or even with a motion sensor.


March 14, 2012
Work

Camera+ Updates With Improved Sharing, Exposure Locks And More

iOS: One of the best complete camera packages on the iPhone, Camera+ updated today with the ability to share to multiple social sites at once, a workflow system for quickly taking pictures, independent focus and exposure locks, and more.


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Use A Drop Of Water To Turn Your iPhone Camera Into A Microscope

No shortage of clever iPhone camera hacks exist, but Scientific American found out that putting a drop of water on the lens of the camera creates a free magnifying glass and some cool effects.


March 9, 2012
Work

Camera Awesome Is An iPhone Camera Upgrade That Earns Its Title

Camera Awesome is an excellent replacement for your iPhone’s standard camera app. At first glance it seems to offer identical functionality so you’ll feel right at home, but underneath the hood is some real photo composition and editing power — all for free.


March 5, 2012
Work

Get The Ice Cream Sandwich Camera App For Any Android Phone

Android: If you’re eagerly waiting for Ice Cream Sandwich to come to your Android phone, here’s one part of it that you can download right now: the new camera app from ICS has been repackaged and made available in the Android Market for almost any device, regardless of the version of Android it’s running.


March 2, 2012
Work

Why You’re Better Off With Low-Capacity Memory Cards In Your Camera

SD cards have started getting cheaper, and you can find some pretty huge cards at prices that seem worth the joy of never swapping out cards again. Here’s why that could be a bad idea.


March 1, 2012
Fix

Steady Your Camera With This PVC Mount

When breathing like a sniper can’t get you a steady enough shot, you need to call in the big guns — that is, external camera equipment. Instead of spending an arm and a leg, you can build your own camera stabiliser out of PVC pipe on the cheap.


February 27, 2012
Fix

Use A Camera To Check The Accuracy Of Your Wristwatch

Electronics project site Hackhut user Badwolf recently bought several cheap mechanical watches from eBay. Inexpensive mechanical watches are known to gain or lose some time each day, and he wanted an easy way to see how accurate his watches were.


February 25, 2012
Work

Samsung Three-Proof Brushed Metal Memory Cards Can Survive The Worst Conditions

Nowadays memory cards are fast and tiny, but they’re also often flimsy and prone to damage. To remedy this problem, Samsung’s created a line of cards in metal casing that are waterproof, shock proof and magnet proof.


February 23, 2012
Design

Create Your Own Bokeh Camera Kit

Bokeh refers to blurry effects in photographs — purposely out of focus shapes that are creamy and wonderfully fuzzy. You can make your own bokeh using just some inexpensive black card stock.