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DIY Cardboard Bicycle for 30 Bucks!

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, DoItYourself!, Earth, Re-use, Recycle, bikes by max on the June 30th, 2008 at 2:52 pm

Cardboard Bicycle for 30 Bucks!

If you ride in the rain, we don’t recommend the DIY Cardboard bicycle that costs $30 to make but if you do live in a hot country, this cardboard bicycle might save you some dollars and help re-use some of that leftover cardboard.

Phil Bridge, 21, of Stockport, Greater Manchester, believes his “ultimate green machine” will be cheap enough to attract occasional users while also deterring thieves.

The frame, made out of cardboard normally used in industrial packaging, could be produced for as little as £3.

Once the wheels and chain had been added the total price might rise to only £15.

via treehugger

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New York City Waterfalls!

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design by max on the June 25th, 2008 at 12:30 pm

New York City Waterfalls!

Cool, New York City is going bonkers with waterfalls, even one on a bridge!

Public Art Fund, working in partnership with Tishman Construction Corporation, engaged a team of almost 200 design, engineering and construction professionals to build the Waterfalls, which are constructed with building elements that are ubiquitous throughout New York. Actual construction scaffolding forms the backbone of the Waterfalls, and pumps will cycle water from the East River to the top of each structure before it falls back into the river. Following the completion of The New York City Waterfalls in October, all scaffolding will be re-used in subsequent construction projects.

via make

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