Posts Tagged ‘DIY’

Hey Ricky Schroder…Your Little Train SUCKS!

Remember that train Ricky Schroder would ride around his house on “Silver Spoons”?  Words can’t describe how much I wanted one of those.  Check out this homemade, backyard roller coaster – it puts Ricky’s little baby-train to shame…

-via Random Good Stuff

08

02 2010

3D…Without Those Nerdy Glasses

-via MediaVR

The quasi-3D effect is from a simple technology called ‘wiggle stereoscopy‘, where two almost-identical images are quickly alternated back and forth.  Remember when you were in college and you’d stare at those fuzzy pictures until you saw a 3D image?  This is essentially the same thing, except without the nauseating cross-eyed headache.


-via Blue Swami


-via Hillel Steinberg

***If you want to create your own 3D images (and you’re not afraid of a little Javascript) check out this tutorial.  There are also a few user-friendly iPhone apps that make ‘wiggle stereoscopy’ simple.

04

02 2010
Get Adobe Flash playerPlugin by wpburn.com wordpress themes