Collaborate Disseminate
[ProjectsInFlight] has been doing some fantastic work documenting his DIY semiconductor fab lately. Next up: exploring down-and-dirty photolithography methods. If you’ve been following along with this series — and why …read more Continue reading Silicon Photolithography the PCB Way
There’s a lot to like about resin 3D printing. The detail, the smooth surface finish, the mechanical simplicity of the printer itself compared to an FDM printer. But there are …read more Continue reading Clean Up Your Resin-Printing Rinse with Dialysis
While most photographers have moved on to digital cameras with their numerous benefits, there are a few artists out there still taking pictures with film. While film is among the …read more Continue reading Old Film Camera Modified for Different Chemistry
On today’s episode of “What If?” — what if the Apollo 13 astronauts had a 3D printer? Well, for one thing, they may have been able to avoid all the …read more Continue reading These 3D Printed Biocatalytic Fibers Scrub Carbon Dioxide
If you want to shoot photographs of various fluorescent UV-related phenomena, it’s hard to do so when ambient light is crowding out your subject. For this work, you’ll want a …read more Continue reading UV Photography Box Is Great For Shooting Fancy Rocks
If decades of cheesy sci-fi and pop culture have taught us anything, it’s that radiation is a universally bad thing that invariably causes the genetic mutations that gifted us with …read more Continue reading Broken Genes and Scrambled Proteins: How Radiation Causes Biological Damage
SLA 3D printing with resin typically means rinsing parts with IPA (isopropyl alcohol). That process results in cloudy, used IPA containing a high concentration of dissolved resin. The dual goals …read more Continue reading Toilet Paper Tube Pulls Dissolved Resin From IPA, Cures It For Disposal
It seems there will never be an end to the number of ways to show the time. The latest is the LumiClock from [UK4dshouse], and it uses the seldom-seen approach …read more Continue reading The Warm Glow Of A Luminous Clock
Multispectral imaging, or photography using wavelengths other than those in ordinary visible light, has various applications ranging from earth observation to forgery detection in art. For example, titanium white and …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2022: Multispectral Smartphone Camera Reveals Paintings’ Inner Secrets
Humanity has been wondering about whether life exists beyond our little backwater planet for so long that we’ve developed a kind of cultural bias as to how the answer to …read more Continue reading SHERLOC and the Search for Life on Mars