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.
2 Make: Volume 14
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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