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July 3, 2008
Recycled plastic bottle sculptures resemble sea creatures
This used plastic water bottle lamp (one of a series of recycled lamps by Lisa Foo and Su Sim) resembles a sea creature from movies like "The Abyss" and "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea". Really interesting craftsmanship with these lights that will really fool you into thinking they are made of more expensive materials. Check out really nice 2-liter bottle cap lamp on the site as well.
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Jul 3, 2008 05:00 AM
DIY Projects, Imaging, Remake |
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June 30, 2008
Snail car
If you've been to Maker Faire, you've likely seen Jon Sarriugarte's (Oakland, CA) SS Alpha Fox vehicle, or his awesome Boiler Bar. Now he and his cohort are building a Snail Car on top of a stripped down VW bug. You can follow the build here. [Via Boing Boing]
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Jun 30, 2008 02:00 PM
Arts, Maker Faire, Remake |
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June 29, 2008
More on the Pico-Hydro system
Prompted by the coverage of the AIDG Pico-Hydro system, here and on Gizmodo, Catherine Laine of AIDG asked the developer, Sam Redfield, to provide more information. She tells us that he's also going to try and get a parts list and tech specs that she'll share with us. [Thanks, Cat!]
Sam Redfield on Pico-hydro at La Florida
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Jun 29, 2008 01:20 PM
Green, Remake |
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June 27, 2008
Home-made hammers
On Street Use, Kevin Kelly has a few pics of hand-made bike-building tools, spotted in bike shops in Rwanda.
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Jun 27, 2008 04:00 PM
Bicycles, Remake, Toolbox |
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HDD grinding wheel?
Now you can add "grinder/sander" to the list of goofy things you can do with a corrupted hard disk drive.
Turn a Dead Hard Drive into a Grinder or Sander
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Jun 27, 2008 02:00 PM
Remake, Toolbox |
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Magnetic cash money clip
If you're of the ultraslim wallet persuasion, you may be interested in this simple hack to hold your wad: tape a magnet and a piece of metal to opposite sides of a dollar bill to create an outer case for your bills, and ditch that binder clip that keeps poking you in your pocket. Just make sure it's not an extra strong magnet, or say goodbye to your swipe cards. Via Core77.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Jun 27, 2008 12:00 PM
DIY Projects, Remake |
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June 26, 2008
Lamps made from micro-cassettes
We found these gorgeous lamps, made from clear-cased micro-cassettes, on Boing Boing Gadgets. This seems like a cool, easy project that you could also do with full-sized clear cassettes (you'd just want to use fewer of them so your lamp wouldn't be huge). Check out the cool patterns the light makes.
Transparent House
Note: This rather annoying Flash-based site does not contain any how-to instructions on these lamps, only photos (found in the Portfolio->Industrial Design section).
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Jun 26, 2008 12:00 PM
Crafts, Furniture, Remake |
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June 25, 2008
Digimech clock
Duncan Shotton's digimech clock via NOTCOT. Numbers are printed on vertical sliders and only reveal themselves when shifted into perfect alignment with the 'display box'. When not aligned they look like random, alien forms...
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jun 25, 2008 08:00 AM
Arts, Remake |
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June 24, 2008
Uber Ultraman
Artomatic, the gargantuan art free-for-all (1000 artists!), recently closed in DC. I went five times and never saw all ten floors. One "trend" I saw in the art was the use of action figures, dolls parts, and toys in a lot of the work. One guy used the doors of vintage refrigerators, torn open as if in an explosion, to reveal hundreds of monochromatically-painted action figures blasting from the "wound." I don't know what it is, but I think I like it!
From the Tokyo Show 2008 comes a different take on action figure art,this one a 20' Ultraman built from thousands of Ultraman action figures.
Giant Ultraman is made of ten thousand Ultramen
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Jun 24, 2008 11:00 AM
Arts, Remake, Toys and Games |
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June 20, 2008
Bike blimp remake?
This pedal-powered inflatable recently used to cross the English Channel has definitely piqued somebody's interest, and understandably so. Trumann writes -
If there is a way to remake this human-powered aircraft, it must happen. This article is about taking a trip via bicycle-blimp, but the concept is too awesome not to fantasize about building one myself. I have no idea where to start, being a Maker-n00b, but if anybody else has ideas, they should be shared!- Pedal-Powered Blimp Attempts to Cross English Channel
Hmmm, well I'll start with an obvious one - learn as much as you can about the bike blimp and other similar projects(see below). Take notes, make sketches, and experiment. Anyone else have some ideas/experiences that could help him out?
Propeller driven bicycle (recumbent trike) - Human powered
Coming soon... the personal blimp
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Jun 20, 2008 01:39 PM
Bicycles, Remake |
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Laser cut text scarves
Little Factory makes these laser cut text scarves from ultrasuede (a microfiber that feels like suede). They're available in uppercase, lowercase, or numbers. Via Core77.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Jun 20, 2008 12:00 PM
Remake |
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Directional mirror flash attachment
Rick writes -
A camera flash attachment with two mirrors to direct the light in different directions. A very simple idea that should be easy to replicate!Hmmm, never thought of this one before - could be an interesting mechanism for photo tinkerers to experiement with. Might be fun to try with a couple ~25mm dental-type mirrors for starters? - Presslite Vertex
In the Maker Shed:
ProdMod LED Camera Light Kit v1.1
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Jun 20, 2008 05:30 AM
Photography, Remake |
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June 19, 2008
Wii-PC will not make you fit
This PC based on the Mini-ITX board fits inside a case similar to the Nintendo Wii's white angular body. The computer sports a AMD Geode Socket and integrated processors, Intel Core 2 Duo (Merom series) with 945 chipset, and lots more features. Despite the heavy processing power, we just like how often we see casemods trying to resemble cases from other consoles.
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Jun 19, 2008 06:00 AM
Computers, Gaming, Remake |
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June 18, 2008
Teacup lights
These are sold by Domestic Construction, but maybe they'll give you some ideas for your own remade lighting from old china.
[via]
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Jun 18, 2008 11:00 AM
Crafts, Remake, Retro |
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June 13, 2008
HOW TO - Light bulb oil lamp
Instructables user bumpus was appalled at the designer pricetag on Sergio Silva's light bulb lamp set, and hence made instruction set for making your own oil light bulb lamp. I'd recommend against making one of these if you have small children or large dogs, but a few could make for a romantic table setting.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Jun 13, 2008 12:00 PM
Arts, DIY Projects, Instructables, Remake |
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June 11, 2008
Pillow Speakers
Here's an excellent candidate for a remake: two models available from Sensorcom for integrating speakers into your zzz. Via Cool Hunting.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Jun 11, 2008 06:00 PM
Remake |
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June 9, 2008
ReVision Furniture
These are really interesting tables made by teenagers in Boston. They are perfect for a remake, but you will feel really good about purchasing one too, since it's for a good cause.
Boston's Artists for Humanity have an apprentice program that is housed in an award-winning "green" building that inspired the teenagers to create a line of green furniture. After months of research and development, the teen-artists produced ReVision, a line of furniture that incorporates magazines and junk mail into no-VOC resin.
Via MocoLoco - ReVision Furniture
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
Jun 9, 2008 02:00 AM
Furniture, Remake |
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June 2, 2008
"Wire Button"
"Wire Button" by Jaehyung Hong - a clever way to store headphones while you wear them, nice re-make potential! via DVICE.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jun 2, 2008 10:00 AM
iPod, Music, Remake |
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May 27, 2008
Charles F. Taylor: One-Wheel vehicles
Way before there was a Segway, there was Charles F. Taylor and his one wheel vehicle. This website has a lot of information, pictures, and even videos of his creations. Anyone for a remake?
Taylor's passionate hobby from 1939 on, was the development of several working prototypes of a one-wheeled vehicle. Two of these prototypes are shown being driven by him in the home movie available on this website. The vehicle was patented by him in 1964 [3]. This patent is the main focus of this webpage.
Read more about Charles F. Taylor's one-wheel vehicles
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
May 27, 2008 03:00 AM
Remake, Transportation |
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May 23, 2008
Party shade = instant house party
A fitting accompaniment to the disco ball, this laser cut shade packs the room with silhouettes -
Well chosen lighting is an important ingredient for every successful party. An interesting and atmospheric by-product of light are its shadows. Our design uses those shadows to create the right ambiance; A 360 degrees skyline of lively people emerges by shadows on the walls.A simple and cool concept, might be somewhat funny/sad to see at a low turnout event, though :( - PartShades [Thanks, Stefan!]
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
May 23, 2008 03:00 PM
Remake |
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