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A Beginner’s Guide to Working with HDPE (with a Project)
There are numerous tutorials online on how to melt and reuse High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) plastic. The Brothers Make offer their take on it in this video. They go over what HDPE is, how to melt and...
View ArticleFarmers Are Hacking Their Tractors Because of a Repair Ban #Hackers...
Modern tractors house advanced electronics and operating systems. Just like with an iphone, the repair is locked behind “authorized” technicians. Vice shared this piece on YouTube about farmers taking...
View ArticleMan Builds Extreme Wheelchairs and Helps Those in Need
Insanely rad video highlighting the great work being done by Lance Greathouse and his team, from the YouTube channel Coolest Thing.Flame Throwers and wheelchairs are two things that usually don’t go...
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Samsung boxes can be remade into other useful things
A few companies have been experimenting with cardboard packaging that can be remade into something else useful or fun, rather than discarding/recycling it. But so far, most of those efforts have seem...
View ArticleHow To Make A Wallet Out Of A Shoe Box #Cardboard #Upcycle #TheNorthFace
Fuyuki Shimazu shows how to make a basic wallet by craftily folding up an old shoe box. The instructions are in Japanese but but there are a lot of pictures and diagrams. Via Hypebeast:The North Face...
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How to make plastic bottles from sugarcane and captured CO₂ #Plantastic
This is uplifting research showing that plant-based plastics can economic, practical and good for the environment! Via Ars Technica:A new study led by Durham University’s Long Jiang, Abigail...
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If it ain’t broke: share your oldest working gadgets #RightToRepair #Vintage...
Zoe Kleinman asked people to share their oldest working gadgets. And a floodgate opened. These days, your shiny new gadget is likely to be rendered obsolete by software updates (or a lack of them)...
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Turning a Vintage Travel Iron into a Branding Iron
In this video, Laura Kampf experiments to see if an antique travel iron (which gets very hot) can be turned into a branding iron.Spoiler alert: It can! And with pretty impressive results.As Laura...
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New Guide: Glowing Castle Bottle Sculpture That Plays Music when you Touch It
Check out the latest art project tutorial from Erin St Blaine: build a gorgeous windowsill “castle” from upcycled glass bottles and illuminate it with NeoPixel lights. Take your project to the next...
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A wireless VT320 refurb with an ESP8266 #VintageComputing #Upcycling
imgur user scootermcgoober has refurbished and upcycled an old DEC VT320 minicomputer terminal and added the ability to connect to a WiFi network using an inexpensive ESP-01 module.I programmed the...
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Fixing the DEC VT220 flyback transformer #VintageComputing #3dThursday
ca.rstenpresser.de has a great way to fix an arcing DEC VT220 terminal flyback transformer. Vintage parts are rare.I checked the google-search, eBay and hr diemen. But I was not successful. The I came...
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Making a Tiny Geodesic Dome Greenhouse from Trash
In Laura Kampf’s latest video, she make a small greenhouse out of trash. She uses artist Tom Sachs’ Dome Recipe image to create a geodesic dome frame. Ingeniously, she uses metal banding straps as the...
View ArticleLaura Kampf Makes a Coffee Grinder from Shop Junk
When Laura Kampf finds an old, broken hand-cranked coffee grinder, it inspires her to try and construct a motorized grinder out of stuff she can scrounge together in her shop.
View ArticleDIY Transparent Screen
I’m not sure transparent screens will ever catch on but they are pretty intriguing. Watch EvanAndKatelyn tear down a tv monitor to make their own see through screen on YouTube!
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MIDI Keyboard Repair & Restoration
packetbob writes:So I wanted a small MIDI keyboard (25 key). I found a decent Axiom 25 on Craigslist and bought it (wanted something older with 5 pin DIN MIDI out not just USB). It was in really great...
View ArticleBuilding a Lamp from Junk
As Laura Kampf points out in this video, building a project from junk is its own special and fun challenge. You risk nothing but your time and you have the constraints of the materials you find to work...
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New Guide: RGB Matrix Money-Sensing Tip Jar with an RGB Matrix
Check out the latest tutorial from Erin St. Blaine: make a money-sensing tip jar that shows your gratitude whenever someone leaves you a tip. A sensor inside the jar’s lid triggers a “thank you”...
View ArticleSimone Giertz Challenged to Build Something Useful from a Public Restroom...
Simone’s staff challenged her to make something useful out of whatever they brought her. They brought her a junked public bathroom Tampon dispenser. She used one of the two mechanical mechanisms to...
View ArticleTurning a Jerry Can into a Portable Cook Stove
Laura Kampf takes a military jerry can and transforms it into an outdoor cook stove.
View ArticleLaura Kampf Asks Viewers to Choose from Three Project Designs
In her video this week, Laura Kampf had a cool idea. She roughed out three designs for chairs made out of wheel barrows. She is now asking her viewers to decide on which design they want her to take to...
View ArticleMaking a Huge Flying Fantasy Whale from Paper Waste
In this video, Xiao Qianfeng (my latest fave YouTube maker channel) creates a giant paper maché and pulp cardboard flying whale. As with many of her videos, there are some clever tricks in here, like...
View ArticleMaking Heavy Duty Bungee Cords from Old Tires
Here’s a great idea if you have some old tires you’re looking to re-purpose. You can cut out the sidewalls of the tire and cut them into strips to create heavy-duty bungee cords.
View ArticleLaura Kampf Builds A Wheelbarrow Chair Based on Viewer Feedback
Last week, I posted about Laura Kampf creating three prototype designs for chairs around an old wheelbarrow. She opened it up to her YouTube followers to pick the design she would bring to fruition....
View ArticleRenovation of a 40-Year-Old Camper
For Laura Kampf’s latest build series, she traded a track saw that she didn’t need for a seriously grubby old camper. With some power washing and a new interior made entirely out of scrounged and...
View ArticleGuerilla Making with @laura_kampf
I have always had a huge attraction to what Laura Kampf has dubbed “guerilla making.” Years ago, a NYC(?) artist was going around the city repairing missing bricks and broken concrete steps with Lego...
View ArticleNPR Presents the Realities of Recycling
NPR’s Is Recycling Worth It Anymore? The Truth Is Complicated. on YouTube is an absolute must watch on all things recycling, including wishcycling, waste export and more:Recycling works, but it’s not...
View ArticleTransforming dead earbuds into POWERFUL wireless speakers #Music #MusicMonday...
Upcycle a broken set of headphones into true stereo speakers. DIY perks makes this handsome pair of bluetooth speakers on YouTube:Got an old pair of headphones? Time to turn them into speakers!See more!
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Restoring an Amiga 500 computer #VintageComputing #Amiga
shred.zone documents restoration of a classic Amiga 500 computer: Whitening – I’ve got the case parts and keycaps back from whitening at the CBM Museum Wuppertal. PSU – replaced power switch GOEX drive...
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Dive into the Recycling System with NPR
Learn about what is actually recyclable and why in this fantastic interactive piece from NPR:Your recycling bin is part of the solution, but many of us are confused about what we should be putting in...
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3D Printing Upcycling #3DPrinting
Instead of chucking 3D printing extras, this lab is reusing them. Super cool story shared with us by Andrew:At our little jungle makerspace in panama, we have been trying to create as little garbage as...
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Giving your old tech new life avoiding e-waste @washingtonpost
Chris Velazco writes about that forlorn drawer somewhere that’s full of old batteries, zip-ties, cables and gadgets you haven’t touched in years. That stuff might look like junk, but don’t be fooled:...
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Airless tires are coming
Renowned restaurant critic, Michelin, is introducing an airless tire to the market in 2024. Dubbed Uptis [the Unique Puncture-proof Tire System], there are a lot of unique benefits to a tire that won’t...
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Animated map of microplastics in the ocean
Using satellites scientists have mapped out the the ocean’s plastic problem. Beyond just the micro plastic, you can see the massive garbage patches. They are able to estimate plastic concentration...
View ArticleHow To Mine Gold From Electronics
E-waste is an interesting problem because of the mix of rare and toxic materials. A New Zealand startup is actually turning to biology for a solution. Using microscopic organisms they are able to more...
View ArticleThe meters-high mountain of mannequins in the Midlands
Niche but super interesting video from Tom Scott on YouTube, that deep dives into the world of used mannequins and mannequin parts and one woman (and her team) who are working to curb waste and...
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Framework is Open Sourcing their firmware #OpenSource @FrameworkPuter
Framework makes a laptop designed to be repairable as a responsible way to keep electronics working, creating less waste.Recently they announced:We’re happy to announce that we’ve published the open...
View ArticleMelting Down and Recasting 420 Beer Cans
In this video on TheGrowingStack, they melt down 420 Coors Light beer cans to see how much aluminum they get (4037.5 grams) and if it’s worth the effort. They never really answer if it’s worth it,...
View ArticleThe Science Of Cardboard
Chances are pretty good you have been ordering more things online, and seeing a lot more cardboard. Cardboard is a wildy successful, and somewhat sustainable, packaging material. Learn some history and...
View ArticleElmo is a Reuse Grouch with Oscar | Earth Day Reusing Song
Sesame Street shared this video on Youtube!SC Johnson is proud to sponsor this new Earth Day song about reusing! Elmo is attending a grouch meeting as a Reuse Grouch who can reuse anything Oscar...
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Albany passes ‘right to repair’ law for electronics
It might soon become a lot easier for New Yorkers to actually fix their own property. Via Gothamist:Under a bill passed by the state legislature last week, digital electronics manufacturers – such as...
View Article‘Superworms’ Eat—and Survive on—Polystyrene
Polystyrene (which makes up styrofoam) is a particularly stubborn and environmentally damaging synthetic product. Will these super worms lead to a revolution for recycling? Via Scientific...
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EYE on NPI – 3M Cushion Lock™ Protective Wrap and Dispenser #EYEonNPI @Scotch...
This week’s EYE ON NPI (video) is a cushy new way to wrap and protect products during shipping and storage, without mess or waste – it’s the 3M Cushion Lock™ Protective Wrap and Dispenser!This combo...
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Fixing the display ribbon cable on a TI-83 Plus calculator @LeadedSolder
Although it may not be considered an “old” computer, a TI-83+ from the futuristic year of 1999 has a lot of appeal. It’s got a Z80, it runs a BASIC interpreter with machine-language program support,...
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Refurbing an old Sanyo “Triple Five” MBC-555 #VintageComputers...
The Leaded Solder blog looks to tackle restoration of a Sanyo MBC-555 MS-DOS machine from 1982:Sanyo made a bunch of interesting computers over the years, and the MBC-555 is no exception. It will run...
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Meet B.I.L.L., Nike’s New Robot-Powered System That Extends the Life of Your...
Not so much a wearable as it is a robot for your wearable. Nike’s B.I.L.L. [Bot Initiated Longevity Lab] is a robotic system taking aim at fast fashion. It seems sort of like a really fancy carwash for...
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Poster illustrates computer slots/sockets/modules/plugs etc....
When working on older computers, it can be confusing what’s a DDR vs. DDR2 memory stick, an LGA775 socket from an AM3. DVI digital vs. analog+digital. VESA slot vs. PCI.I found an excellent poster by...
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View ArticleMaking an Acoustic Guitar Out of Recycled Plastic
There’s been a lot of guitar projects on YouTube recently as part of a build competition. But, recycled materials maker, Tim Sway, is always building guitars.Here, Tim builds a guitar almost entirely...
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