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A sophisticated proof press that incorporated precision enginering to approximate actual press conditions. The Hacker company sold to Vandercook & Sons in 1937 and this model was discontinued. There is some discussion that Hacker was making a better proof press than Vandercook was but these cost more, so coupled with the Depression, Hacker had to sell out. Scanned from a print made direct from the original 8x10 Hacker negative in our collection.
Todays hack was up Brocagh with lovely views of Glendalough
Photos were taken with my old Canon Power shot S 70
Electroluminescent Moleskine Notebook Hacking Workshop -
In this workshop, participants will design and build their own illuminated Moleskine notebook by creating designs with electroluminescent materials, installing these materials directly on the cover of their notebook with drivers.
More info here: www.moleskine.com/about_us/news/objectivity_taccuini_hack...
I spent today hacking out the lens inards of my polaroid 95 and modifying it to take a Schneider Kreuznach lens I've had for a bit.
Still to set infinity and focus scale but it should work just fine.
It's an old Fujifilm canister with a 1cm-wide slot cut 3/4 down the length. If the top of the slot is left a bit narrow then the canister has less tendency to slip off sideways.
I saw this mod somewhere else on the 'net (can't remember where) so I can't claim credit for it.
This Hacker #4, less its inking system, is available in the Dallas TX area through the end of June before it gets scrapped. Contact P.S. Boylan at 972-741-8635 0r cell 972-889-2867.
Hacken ist nicht nur alleine möglich, sondern auch in Gruppen. Deshalb arbeiten hier mehrere TeilnehmerInnen zusammen an einer Idee um diese bestmögliche umzusetzen.
Infographic of Science Hack Day SF project:
Space Feed
A feed of awesome space events based on location.
Why the hack?
Current astronomy sites have complicated design or are overly technical for the casual observer. Typically lat/long is needed to figure out what is available in the night sky. Phones and browsers can take advantage of location and notification services to make the experience easy and passive for the user.
Visible with:
- Naked eye
- Binoculars
- Telescope
Specify distance:
- 5 miles, 15 miles, 25 miles, 50 miles, 100 miles etc.
Types of events:
- Meteor showers
- ISS flyover (transit, i.e. flying in front of the sun/moon)
- Other satellites
- Iridium flares
- Auras
- Planets
- Constellations
- What else is interesting? How do you take a data set and classify an astronomical event "interesting" without human input? Can you?
Visibility considerations:
- Weather
- Light pollution
Nice to Haves:
- Best viewing spots in your area based on weather/altitude/other factors
i.e. I am willing to travel X distance to see Y event. Return: "It's cloudy in San Francisco, go to Mt. Tam to see the Persieds meteor shower."
- Localize measurements based on location or OS language/format.
Technologies:
- Web based (ideal, open) OR
- iPhone app (more possibility? visibility/distribution?)
Data sets:
- ISS tracking data in web format - Created at London Science Hack day (XML file of ISS location): randomorbit.net/
- TLE data for all satellites - celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/master.asp
Hackers:
* Lindsay Eyink, @leyink - general idea
* Ben Ward, @benward -
* Paul Mison, @blech - space geek who has done this with OverLondon
* Ariel Waldman, @arielwaldman - general idea