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Amazing junk fliers on BBtv

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On today’s episode of BBtv, Xeni interviews Carl Rankin, a model plane builder who creates impressive R/C planes out of take-out food cartons, drinking straws, sewing thread, Reynold’s wrap, and tape (among other things). There’s also a fun video that uses Wonder Bread like clay to create “dough-mation.”

BBtv: Flying Puppets / Wonder Bread – Link

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Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.

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