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The Virupaksha Temple in Hampi, Karnataka, blends spirituality with a surprising scientific element. This ancient temple ...
One of the best things about any entry level physics course is building a pinhole camera. It usually involves simple materials, but it’s still a challenging exercise, and an educational one at ...
Pinhole cameras are an ancient technology. They were known by the Chinese since 500 BCE. Arabic astronomer Ibn al-Haytham first used one to view an eclipses around 1000 CE.
You may think of a camera a complicated, highly technical, and expensive piece of machinery -- but at its most basic, it's just a box with a hole in it. Here's how to make your own pinhole camera ...
These pinhole photographs taken with a lensless pinhole camera with a extra long exposure. I use black&white paper which is 5-10 ASA. Exposure time can be very long, in some photos up to six months.
A box to make your pinhole camera from; Black tape (Gorilla tape is amazing!) Black paper to line your box; Sharp knife; Pin or needle (we used a size 10 needle) ...
Make Magazine's blog post headline "$0 digital pinhole camera" sounded too good to be true, and guess what? It is! Poster Jason Striegel acknowledges that he "stretched the $0 part a bit" but even ...
For your digital version of the pinhole camera, you'll need some black paper, aluminum foil, a rubber band, and tape. Ah right, and the digital camera. From there, ...
To make a pinhole projector, you really just need something with a pinhole in it and something that will project an image. You could use two sheets of printer paper, card stock or even paper plates.
To watch the solar eclipse on August 21, you could invest in a pair of overpriced eclipse glasses. But you're better off with a pinhole camera—or a pair of binoculars.