Meet the camera lucida. [Borge]’s own contribution to the camera lucida is a portable version that you can print yourself and assemble for about $20. Featuring a snazzy case that holds all the ...

The drawing tool was popular throughout the early 19th century. Then photography came along. For those of you who have no idea what a camera lucida is, you’re not alone. The quick version is ...

including the Lucy Drawing Tool. The product takes inspiration from a historical device, the camera lucida, which was invented by English chemist William Hyde Wollaston and subsequently patented ...

The idea is that you first use your iPad to take a picture (or to display an image that you acquired from elsewhere), then you use the iPad to superimpose the image over a live image of your drawing .