Volume 14

SPECIAL SECTION OPTICS

50: Homebrew Digital 3D Movies Build your own stereo video camera and 3D viewer. By Eric Kurland

57: Recycled Kaleidoscope Make an old-school optics toy from a CD case. By Carolyn Bennett

60: Print-and-Fold Ames Room This classic illusion makes objects — and hobbits — seem to change size. By Ranjit B.

64: Lensless Microscope A webcam’s image chip is an ultrafine shadow-imaging stage. By Tom Zimmerman

70: Cosmic Night Light

Make a glittering LED constellation jammed in resin — with no soldering! By Kris DeGraeve

74: Wall Eye

Build your own opaque projector. By Steve Lodefink

78: Scanner Camera

Mod a flatbed scanner to take photos that deconstruct time and motion. By Mike Golembewski

50

DOUBLE
VISION:
Eric Kurland
shoots a 3D video
with his home-built
dual camera rig.

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ON THE COVER: Dave Sims enjoys the buggy’s-eye view, while daughter Ellie climbs to safety. Photographed by Robyn Twomey and styled by Alex Murphy and Sam Murphy.

Columns

12: Welcome

Make like Picasso. By Mark Frauenfelder

14: Make Free

Too much time on my hands. By Cory Doctorow

24: Making Trouble The power of things. By Saul Griffith

124: Make Money $25.01 piggy bank. By Tom Parker

156: Art Work Life models. By Douglas Repetto

158: Personal Fab 3D printing methods. By Tom Owad

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