Where once a little light bulb illuminated 16 mm film, now a 12 mm Broadcom SOC ... Naturally, our favorite excuse for carrying home old junk is that it might one day make an awesome enclosure ...

Most home movie fanatics at the time shot on 8mm film, but John, keenly aware of the power of good quality film, had invested in a 16mm Bolex camera. “They were simple cameras,” he recalls.

To make the most of her time in isolation, she put together an optical audio decoder for old 16 mm film, built using modern components and a bit of 3D printing. It all started with a broken 16 mm ...