Comments on: Happy Halloween Extra

By: Mac Cody

Mac Cody — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:04:31 +0000

@Eldorel: The pvc pipe is 1/4" thick, no light gets through there. The shroud over the scanner head, though, is much thinner plastic, so that could be a possible source of the problem. I have not investigated the problem further since I posted about it.

@goldscott: That is the plan for my next attempt. Get a more reliable scanner and a used SLR camera body and lens to mate to the scanner head. My first attempt used pretty much what I had on hand (except for the lazy susan bearing). I was quite pleased with the results, given the shortcomings.

By: goldscott

goldscott — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:24:01 +0000

The scancam is very interesting. I wonder what results would yield from a better scanner and a higher quality lens assembly.

By: Eldorel

Eldorel — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:09:27 +0000

Regarding the scancam, I wonder if he has figured out yet that white pvc doesn’t block light very well.
In the last picture on the site he mentions that he’s getting white bars when the camera is in direct sunlight, but only when the lens is facing away from the light…

By: fartface

fartface — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:05:42 +0000

$150.00 for a incredibly crappy looking hacked up guitar hero controller? Oh my GOD!

I'm gonna take an axe to a set of drums and put a casio keyboard in the kick, can I get featured on hack a day?

how about a guitar hero real guitar hack that actually looks good and works 100%?

By: Bird603568

Bird603568 — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:15:06 +0000

well this looks pretty much like this http://www.hackaday.com/2006/12/05/guitar-hero-guitar-controller/

By: Mindbleach

Mindbleach — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:36:11 +0000

Is “budget” really the right word when it costs 50% more than the controller + game bundle?