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DIY Wooden Combination Lock!

Posted on January 6, 2010 by max

Probably not the best idea to build a lock using wood but still, this is a great example of things you could build with wood.  Brilliant!

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Design – Future of London?

Posted on January 5, 2010 by max

Here’s a rather fantastic design for a future London with “pods” as living spaces.  I don’t know about now but in year 2050, this should be a common scene.

… adaptive ecologies brief explores the emergent logics of adaptation and evolution that are constitutive of ecosystems in nature. our vision is to define an urban ecosystem which supports housing and cultural programs and has the ability to adapt, transform, mutate and adjust according to the specific urba

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DIY Custom Acrylic See-Through Turntables!

Posted on January 2, 2010 by max

Check out some of these great DIY custom acrylic “see-through” turntables from Mike Disher, brilliant!

Indeed these are amazing, custom turntables, I wouldn’t be surprised if Mike started an online shop and made millions of dollars selling these.  What do you think, are they worth buying?

I based my turntable design on the legendary Rega P3, and I created a new, custom acrylic plinth and a set of feet. I also devised a way to hide the motor, and I improved the motor mounti

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Artopz MiniTopz Desktop PC for Artsy People/Hippies!

Posted on January 2, 2010 by max

Here’s a rather cool Artopz MiniTopz desktop PC that would be great for artsy people and hippies.  For one, I would love to have one of these awesome PCs, these simply look so artsy would be a conversation ice-breaker.  They are limited so if you want one, better order one soon!

Minitopz DeLuxz is a LIMITED EDITION Minitopz, consisting of real leather front covers, and either a clear polished or a black anodized aluminum stand and discrete warm white accent lights. The LIMITED EDITION DeLuxz desktop PC futhermore comes with a Windows 7 Ultimate (64bit) installed.

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Fossilized Tech! [Art]

Posted on January 2, 2010 by max

Christopher Locke makes these awesome fossilized versions of outdated tech gadgets, check it out.  My favorite is the NES controller!

Most of these examples were discovered in the United States, although the various species are represented all over the world. It is sad, but most of these units lived very short lives. Most people attribute the shortened lifespan to aggressive predators or accelerated evolution, b

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Aqua Teen DIY – How to Make Meatwad and Master Shake!

Posted on January 1, 2010 by max

One of my favorite shows is AdultSwim’s Aqua Teen Hunger Force whenever I can’t fall asleep.  Well, here’s how to make your own Meatwad and Master Shake crocheted pals.  Awesome!

Okay, so it only took me almost a year, but I finally made a friend for Master Shake!  Meatwad is made of popcorn stitches to give him that nice bumpy meat effect.  I used Red Heart Plush yarn, which is chenille-like and really hides the stitches, which I like.  His smile is a

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DIY iLamp Made from iMac G4!

Posted on January 1, 2010 by max

Have an old iMac G4?  Well, you don’t need to throw it away, make one of these awesome DIY iLamps!

On January 7, 2002 Steve Jobs introduced a beautifully redesigned iMac loaded with an 800 MHz PowerPC 7445 (G4) processor and 15″ Flat Panel LCD screen. The new iMac was nicknamed the “iLamp, since Apple advertised it as having the flexibility of a desk lamp.

Almost eight years since the official launch, our old friend iMac has actually b

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Paradigm Shift Color E-Readers!

Posted on December 31, 2009 by max

While color powerless LCDs are still nowhere to be seen (obviously because that technology still has a long ways to go), Paradigm Shift intros color e-readers with low-voltage LCDs that could temporarily satisfy your early-adaptor fix.

Delstar will be releasing the products soon meaning this could end up in your retail stores.

Press Release:

Paradigm Shift Sourcing and Manufacturing Co. LTD Bows 5″ and 7″ Color E-Book Reader Series

CES 2010 January 7th, 2010: Las Vegas, Nevada: Paradigm Shift

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DIY Animated Optical Illusions! [MAGIC]

Posted on December 31, 2009 by max

Check out some of these great DIY animated optical illusions.  What can I say, this could be the future of handheld powerless LCDs.

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5xtRdLOopU

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvNjsOl1Ag0

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Restaurant DIY – How to Make Your Own DIY Restaurant!

Posted on December 30, 2009 by max

One of my favorite DIY sites, instructables, has a great guide on how to make your own DIY restaurant, all using various different instructable DIYS to make it.  One of my closest friends opened a restaurant and failed big time couple years back, I wish he had read this instructable!

1. The Instructables Restaurant comes with full instructions for everything. In most restaurants you get to buy and enjoy the food, and sometimes even the furniture. But in the Instructables Restaurant you go home knowing how to make the food as well as the furniture. We give you the instruction

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