Here’s an inspiring little project: The Time Fountain on cre.ations.net. Basically it is a tiny fountain which drops small drops of water tinted with a flourescent dye. A PIC microcontroller controls flashing of some UV leds to illuminate the drops, resulting in all sorts of neat stroboscopic effects. Very cool, check out the video.

Every year since time immemorial, the Springfield Telescope Makers hold a telescope making event called Stellafane. People get together to show off their telescope projects, some of which are very neat. Sean Graham posted this cool photoset on Flickr, check ’em out.

[tags]Telescope Making, Astronomy, Stellafane[/tags]