We review the Lenovo Daydream VR180, a camera made for filming 180-degree stereoscopic photos and videos for viewing on virtual reality headsets. We go over the user experience, image quality, and lessons learned from filming 180-degree 3D video.
Science in Progress: Making an Octopus Puzzle, Part 4
In the conclusion to our mini-series, Adam and Indre return to the California Academy of Sciences to see how their resident Octopuses have fared with Adam’s puzzle!
Episode 449 – Cocaine Noodles – 5/17/18
This week, we get hyped for E3, the impending release of Deadpool 2 and Solo, and a new LEGO roller coaster set. Plus, the baffling audio clip phenomenon dividing social media, visits to the Beta store, and hacking digital assistants with words you can’t hear. Hope to see some of you at Maker Faire this weekend!
Paint Masking Using a Laser Cutter!
Tested contributor Bill Doran (aka Punished Props) is in our shop this week and experiments using our Universal Laser Systems laser cutter to make a quick paint mask for a helmet. This can be done with standard painter’s tape or a large sheet of masking tape, and we learn some lessons about masking complex curves.
Science in Progress: Making an Octopus Puzzle, Part 3
While we wait for the California Academy of Science’s Giant Pacific Octopus to learn Adam’s puzzle, Kishore and Indre visit biologist and cephalopod expert Rich Ross’ home aquarium and lab where Rich breeds and raises octopuses and other amazing critters. It’s one of the most fascinating home laboratories we’ve visited!
Tested: Photographing a NASA Rocket Launch!
While attending the NASA Insight rocket launch recently, we have our first opportunity to set up a remote camera to photograph the nighttime launch. Norm goes over his gear used for his setup and the excitement of leaving that gear so close to a rocket in hopes to capturing a photo of the blast off!
Mother and Savage – Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project – 5/15/18
Adam Savage’s New Warcraft Armor!
Adam is obsessed with movie armor, and he finally has a full set of armor made by the incredible craftspeople of Weta Workshop. This Alliance Knight armor was made for the movie Warcraft, and is part of many pieces of armor and beautiful props going on auction. Adam is awestruck by the detail here!
Hands-On with FPV Remote Controlled Cars!
We check out the RXWave/RASKL, a system that pairs a standard PS4 dualshock controller with an FPV RC car. Using the same camera and transmitter technology we’ve seen in FPV racing quadcopters, this lets us zip around our home and office from the car’s perspective, like a real-life video game. Here’s how the prototypes work.
Science in Progress: Making an Octopus Puzzle, Part 2
Two years after our first visit to the California Academy of Sciences, Adam and Indre return with the Octopus puzzle to introduce it to a new Giant Pacific Octopus. Here’s how the marine biologists at the Cal Academy introduce Adam’s puzzle to the GPO!