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Pocket LED flash light

by David Allen on July 1st, 2009
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This is a powerful one watt LED pocket flashlight, its fits in the pocket so is easy to keep on you. It also comes with an attached keychain so that it could if you want be kept with your keys, as that would be very handy when it is dark. Product Features 1-Watt High powered LED light bulb with 50+ lumens Uses single AA battery for 3 hours of continuous burn time Pocket Size Fla ...

Photography DIY - How to Make Cigarette Packet Flash Diffuser!

by max on May 27th, 2009
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Wow, here’s a really cool DIY that shows you how to make a camera flashlight diffuser with a pack of Marlboro Lights! Ever wanted to take indoor photos at night, but hate the washed out look which your built in flash creates? I’ve often been at a pub and found the regular flash to be a bit of a pain. Thanks to a little drunken curiosity and an attention span problem, I create ...

Flashlight DIY - How to Make a Battery-Less Flashlight!

by max on March 24th, 2009
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Here’s a really cool flashlight that uses 2 capacitors to power the whole thing. Best of all, the capacitors only need to be charged 3 minutes to last more than 24 hours. For dummies Capacitors are a great way to store electricity, and of course even better when you can come up with great ideas for flashlights like this. (Also see HowStuffWorks explanation of how capacitors wo ...

DIY - How to Make an HID Flashlight!

by max on March 9th, 2009
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Here’s a good idea and DIY on how to make an HID flashlight. It shouldn’t be too hard as all cars use 12V DC power so you just need to find a 12V battery for whatever car part you want to use. Once or twice a year, my family and I go camping with some friends. Usually we show up at night and have to set up camp in the dark. This can get pretty frustrating using just regula ...

DIY - How to Make a Chapstick LED Flashlight!

by max on July 30th, 2008
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Here’s a fun DIY on how to make a chapstick LED flashlight. It’s pretty simple to do but a great idea. Maybe Chapstick companies will pick up on this and make them as promotion materials. This is an instructable on how to make a flashlight out of a ChapStick tube. After reading up on multiple LED instructables I thought it would be neat to make an original design that ha ...

Flashlight with Integrated Video Camera!

by max on July 3rd, 2008
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Here’s a cool flashlight that also embeds an integrated video camera. How neat is that? Now you can go in the dark and shoot your favorite videos with just a single flashlight. There’s no word when this will be available in the U.S. though…darn. The AD-1500 Video Flashlight records video with its mini CMOS camera and built-in microphone. As long as you’re not too i ...

DIY Amateur TV Receiver!

by max on June 26th, 2008
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Here’s another cool DIY amateur TV receiver! This is a 1.2 GHz microwave antenna made from regular 6″ household air duct. It picks up a signal from our new Amateur TV repeater. (The repeater will take a TV signal from anywhere in the local county, and retransmits it to everywhere in the local county.) The antenna looks like a giant flashlight. via make ...

DIY HACK - Painting with light…

by max on September 12th, 2007
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Check out how you can create some nice photographs with light added. Here is how it’s done: Set your camera on the tripod and take a sample shot with flash / lights on. This will help you verify that your composition is OK. Set the exposure to a relatively long value. Stop down the aperture as much as you need. If you are outside do nothing. If you are inside - this is the time t ...

DIY - Make your own self-powered mini-flashlight

by max on January 4th, 2007
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Here’s a cool self-recharging mini-flashlight you can make yourself if you are still on vacation. Come to think of it, we are going to have to build self-powered POVs soon… ...