Collaborate Disseminate
Carburetors have been largely phased out on most automobiles, but for a century they were the standard, and still are on many smaller engines. Armed with a high-speed camera and …read more Continue reading See-Through Carburetor Gives A Clear Demonstration
When professional engineers giggling like kids, you know something interesting is about to happen. [Destin Sandlin] of [Smarter Every Day], [Jeremy Fielding], and a few other like-minded individuals have built what a very impressive air cannon, capable of launching baseballs at supersonic velocities.
The muzzleloading canon consists of a large …read more
Filming in slow-motion has long become a standard feature on the higher end of the smartphone spectrum, and can turn the most trivial physical activity into a majestic action shot to share on social media. It also unveils some little wonders of nature that are otherwise hidden to our eyes: …read more
Continue reading 660 FPS Raspberry Pi Video Captures The Moment in Extreme Slo-Mo
Ski areas are setting formal policies for drones left and right, but what happens when your drone isn’t a drone but is instead a tethered iPhone with wings swinging around you like a ball-and-chain flail as you careen down a mountain? [nicvuignier] decided to explore the possibility of capturing bullet-time video of his ski runs by essentially swinging his phone around him on a tether. The phone is attached to a winged carrier of his own design, 3D printed in PLA.
One would think this would likely result in all kinds of disaster, but we haven’t seen the outtakes yet, …read more
Continue reading Bullet-time Video Effect by Throwing Your Phone Around