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Floating Display

This my DIY version of a floating display which shows information in mid-air.

Floating Display

mac70
6.7K
Burning Visible Images on a Regular CD Surface

No LightScribe, no LabelTag. No hardware hacks or gimmicks. A regular CD-RW drive and a regular compact disk.

Burning Visible Images on a Regular CD Surface

arduinocelentano
1.9K
LEGO Optics Lab: Mobile Phone/iPod Mount

I’ll demonstrate how I built my mobile phone/iPod mount out of LEGO for my LEGO optics lab.

LEGO Optics Lab: Mobile Phone/iPod Mount

Steve Schuler
783
DIY Spectroscope for Android Mobile Phone

The purpose of this project is to show the design principles of the simplest optical spectroscope.

DIY Spectroscope for Android Mobile Phone

Jan Debiec
9.3K
Pi-ron Man

Toy Iron Man mask with some hardware in it to project information to the wearer, like the holographic interface Mr. Stark himself uses.

Pi-ron Man

Michael Darby - 314Reactor
8.8K
Build a Michelson Interferometer in Minutes with OpenUC2

Explore Optics with the "Raspberry Pi for Optics" - an open-source modular optical toolbox for microscopy and beyond.

Build a Michelson Interferometer in Minutes with OpenUC2

openuc2
3.2K
Low-Cost Spatial Light Modulator Interface Board

A low-cost SLM driver board would drastically increase the proliferation of advanced microscopy and holographic displays.

Low-Cost Spatial Light Modulator Interface Board

3 members
3.2K
uCameraCube

Camera module built using uCube framework.

uCameraCube

M Delmans
2.8K
Lego VR Goggles

I built my own cell phone stereograph viewer with parts from my Lego optics lab.

Lego VR Goggles

Steve Schuler
1.4K
Video-rate Macroscope

Adapting Panasonic camera for field imaging of small biological specimens with video-rate acquisition of extended-focus macroscopic images.

Video-rate Macroscope

Jim Haseloff
1.3K
Αστεροσήμα : Sky Beacon — Optical SETI Laser Transmitter

DIY modulated laser transmitter prototype for experimental optical SETI research.

Αστεροσήμα : Sky Beacon — Optical SETI Laser Transmitter

Sagar
1.3K
uLightCube

Light source module built using uCube framework.

uLightCube

M Delmans
803
Lego Optics Lab: Polariscope

I built a polariscope (Plane Polariscope) for my Lego optics lab.

Lego Optics Lab: Polariscope

Steve Schuler
798
Measuring Depth of Field with a Stage Micrometer

This is the description of how to measure the depth of field of a lens using a stage micrometer.

Measuring Depth of Field with a Stage Micrometer

Jennifer Deegan
746
Lego Optics Lab: Filter Rotator

Build a filter rotator out of Lego for optics lab experiments.

Lego Optics Lab: Filter Rotator

Steve Schuler
657
Interfacing an Optical Dust Sensor with Surilli WiFi

Whenever any quantity of dust is detected, the optical dust sensor will sense it.

Interfacing an Optical Dust Sensor with Surilli WiFi

Surilli
636
Interfacing an Optical Dust Sensor with Surilli Basic M0

Whenever any quantity of dust is detected, the optical dust sensor will sense it.

Interfacing an Optical Dust Sensor with Surilli Basic M0

Surilli
542
Interfacing an Optical Dust Sensor with Surilli GSM

Whenever any quantity of dust is detected, the optical dust sensor will sense it.

Interfacing an Optical Dust Sensor with Surilli GSM

Surilli
539
3D-printable Motorized Wheel for optical filter turning

A stepper motor controls the optical filter in the optical path and the user can remotely turn the wheel to change the filter.

3D-printable Motorized Wheel for optical filter turning

allisonpessoa
390
All About PC817 Optocoupler

In this tutorial, I am going to talk about the PC817 Optocoupler which is one of the most common and inexpensive 4-pin optocouplers.

All About PC817 Optocoupler

Tarantula3
293
OpticalShow - Transmit RGB leds by optical fibers

Use optical fibers to transmit RGB leds and animate your projects!

OpticalShow - Transmit RGB leds by optical fibers

Sergio Ghirardelli
200
Automation of an experiment for studies on 2D materials

Piloting, acquisition of cryostat, magnet, instrumentation and control of LASER beams in position for 2D material measures

Automation of an experiment for studies on 2D materials

Batiste Janvier
189
RGB-LEDs and Dispersion

This project was made to demonstrate the dispersion of light when passing a prism. Watch the jumping dot (german: der springende Punkt) !

RGB-LEDs and Dispersion

Klausj
95
Computer Vision for Multi-Core Fiber Alignment

Automating multi-core optical fiber alignment inspection using computer vision for faster, more accurate quality control

Computer Vision for Multi-Core Fiber Alignment

Hardi Kurnianto
39
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