[Noisebridge-discuss] Misc bits

daniela Steinsapir danielast at gmail.com
Wed Dec 3 01:31:38 UTC 2008


Hi

 I am interested in the fresnel lens!

Daniela

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:52 AM, John Magolske <listmail at b79.net> wrote:

> * esc <mediapathic at gmail.com> [081202 09:32]:
>
> > A few nights ago, rigel left the space to go home and then came
> > back moments later with a huge old projector. Last night Michael
> > and I (mostly him) tested it, found it wanting, called it dead, and
> > disassembled it. Among the other bits of it that we deemed worth
> > keeping were two largeish fresnel lenses, and a front-glazed mirror.
> > I bring this up on the list because these seem like the sort of "if
> > only we had a" items someone might want to know we have. They're
> > currently sitting on Michael's shelf, he says we're all welcome to
> > use them should we want.
>
> Michael and I tested the LCD panel of the projector last night. We
> were able to get as far as bringing up the menu, but were not able to
> make anything display when connecting it to a laptop with a VGA cable.
> I put it in on my shelf to postpone any further cannibalization in the
> hopes of getting it to work. If it ends up being hopeless, I'll put
> any relevant/useful parts onto the general hack & share shelves. I'm
> interested in piping sunlight through it like a stained-glass window
> for some out-door computing endeavors. If anyone's interested in such
> things, let me know.
>
> John
>
>
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