High Tech Periscope

Webster's New World Dictionary defines a Periscope as an optical instrument consisting of a tube holding a system of lenses with a mirror at either end arranged so that a person looking through the eyepiece at one end can see objects reflected by the mirror at the other end: used on submerged submarines,  etc. With today's technology we can accomplish the same principle with electronics. Using things we found around our house and garage, we built a High Tech Periscope.

Step 1 Pieces and Parts

My grandpa and I found the following parts around the house and garage.

1. Electronic surveillance camera.
2. Portable analogue TV.
3. Aluminium pole.
4. Radio control car batteries.
5. Power Connector to fit camera.
6. Audio/video connector to fit TV input.
7. Metal part to mount TV and battery  onto aluminium pole.
8. Wires with connectors spades.
9. Zip ties and black electrical tape.

Comments

[Ranie-K]

If you add an IR light source it will be a NIGHT VISION periscope! Example ebay item no 220638819241.

[AwesomeAustin]

Thank you for your comment, will consider doing that.
I have been thinking about making it submersible.

[Ranie-K]

Hope this can help: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Weatherproof-Camera-Box

[FishstiK]

I made a similar project using a game boy camera and an old game boy color. I just extend the camera wires so that the camera could be placed a few meters from the game boy. The game boy camera is just such terrible quality that it wasn't very effective.

I have been looking to do redo the project, but utilizing an old mobile phone for the parts. I need to find a way to extend the wires of the camera from the phone so you can still use the phone to view what the camera is seeing while the camera is 2 or 3 meters away. This seems to be a nice way for me because the phone has the battery to power the camera and there is no need to really adapt parts to fit.

I just need to find a good way to extend ribbon cables as all mobile phone cameras I can find use a ribbon cable.

[AwesomeAustin]

Thank you for your comment. I have no idea how to do it with a cellphone, but I will be thinking about it.

[Ernest12]

Great Job Austin, will be looking for more from you on this site.