DIY Clock WebCam
Created by Sunny Sun
Hello, everyone.
WebCam is a common device which can be found in the computer market, but most of them hardly attract people's attentions. Therefore, I tried to make a special webcam for myself. After a short "mind-search", I had materials and the plan.
Materials:
A cute clock which went through my high school with me.
A webcam. I thought it was so ugly that I regret buying it.
Some necessary tools.
Let's start.
First of all , disassemble.
After that, we had a close look at the inside of the webcam.
Take off all the screws of the clock.
Feel sad, say sorry to it. T_T
The next step is kind of crazy. Dig a hole on her head. Try my best to make it be a circle.
For a good looking, print the front of the webcam and the edge of the "hole" be black.
Let's take a break...
How to combine these two things together? I had thought for a long time.
Finally, I decided to use glue. To fasten the webcam on the clock. It had two disadvantages: one of them is hard to take apart of it, the other one is not be able to fix the angle of the webcam.
OK. Is it good enough?
CUTE
It was not that bad as I thought.
OH. One more, I took off the speaker so that the magnetism won't affect the webcam.
Had another hole on the back panel to let the USB cable going through.
Put on all the screws.
Done!!
Actually, I had another plan at the beginning, I wanted to use the USB cable to provide the power for the clock. Thought twice, that was funny. I could not know the time without the computer on. @_@
I spent the whole afternoon to make this clock webcam for me. I was so happy to have this unique webcam in the world. In the future, this clock webcam can always remind me not to waste too much time on the internet.
Best wishes!
Thank you all.
Sunny
2005-12-04
