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Baby Shoes

Baby Shoes

A good pair of shoes gives us the opportunity to strike the fine balance between great design and function — and that goes for baby shoes, too. Babies’ feet are soft and flexible, so they can be squeezed into almost any shoe. But because their little bone structures are still taking shape, it’s not a […]

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Pillow Music

Pillow Music

If tunes are your sleeping pills, and you can’t dream without a soundtrack, now you can get cozy and fall asleep with your Pillow Music. Pillow Music was born from the experience of living — and trying to fall asleep every night — in small shared apartments with the nonstop sounds of the city in […]

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Alarm Purse

Alarm Purse

By Norene Leddy with Ed Bringas and Johana Moscoso The Alarm Purse is a simple, fashionable way to add an audible alarm to your handbag. Tuck it away when you don’t need it (so it won’t go off by accident) and quickly hook it up when you do. The latest addition to the ongoing Aphrodite […]

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Basic Stilts

Basic Stilts

By Molly Graber and Chris Merrick Have you ever dreamed of being really tall? Walking on stilts is a fun and adventurous sport. But where are you going to get a decent-priced pair of stilts to try for your first time? With these instructions, you can add as much height as you want and not […]

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Repurposed House Slippers

Repurposed House Slippers

Tired of looking at that heap of lifeless jeans plotting a coup on your closet floor? Then transform those comatose denims into super fabulous house slips and regain control of your closet. Join the recyclution! These instructions offer three women’s sizes: S (5-6), M (7-8), and L (9-10). Yardage caters to size L, so making […]

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Urban Guerrilla Movie House

Urban Guerrilla Movie House

Rather than lamenting the slow death of drive-in theaters, I decided to build my own, mount it on an adult tricycle, and take the movies anywhere there’s an AC outlet. Vibrant online communities of DIY projector enthusiasts have ironed out the kinks and built the focal calculator software tools, and they’re building homebrew machines with […]

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Networked On Air Light

Networked On Air Light

You may have seen those “On Air” lights at film, radio or television studios. Now that anyone can broadcast video over the internet, it’s time to learn how to build your own “Now Streaming” light that even wirelessly checks to see if you’re streaming! This guide will show you how to: Set up the XBee […]

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