instructables.com - 5/15/2009
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The goal was to make a light box for my students to use that didn't cost me an arm and a leg. Went to the second-hand store and found a florescent light... ($4.99 with 50% off) then noticed a suitcase/briefcase ($3.99 with 50% off). I got them both and started thinking of ways to put them together.
engadget.com - 5/14/2009
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engadget.com —
Our friends at Engadget Polska caught this video
of a giant lightshow -- a nerdworks, if you...
will -- put on by a group of students at Wrocław University of Technology. This is not the first time we've seen such a display , nor is it a first for ...
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Video: Polish students take building light shows to the ...
lifehacker.com - 5/16/2009
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lifehacker.com —
A clever user at DIY site Instructables walks
through how to transform an old suitcase into an...
impressive, portable light box. The goal was to make a light box for my students to use that didn't...
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DIY Light Box in a Suitcase [DIY]
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How-To: Suitcase light box
MAKE Magazine —
... The goal was to make a light box for my students to use that didn't cost me an arm and a leg. Went to the second-hand store and found a florescent light... ($4.99 with 50% off) then noticed a suitcase/briefcase ($3.99 with 50% off). I got them both and started thinking of ways to put them together. ...
DIY lightbox and potentially softbox
CrunchGear —
... This illuminated suitcase idea (first featured in Pulp Fiction) is grand. I might just start carrying a suitcase so I can open it up and blast people with the light of Marcellus Wallace’s soul — I mean some diffused fluorescent lighting. The trouble with this design (if there can be said to be trouble) is that there’s only light on one side. What if, instead of tracing pictures of robots fighting, I want to do some product photography? Well, the sucker’s going to be backlit. But… what if both halves of the suitcase were lit? ...
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