Designers Mary and Matt have made this chocolate Scrabble bar. Now if only we could come up with a game of Scrabble that involved picking up tiles instead of laying them down… nom nom nom. This is ripe for a remake, especially because you only get one of each letter! – [via] Link.
Elina Aalto’s “Better View” curtain – Better View is a series of perforated black out roller blinds designed by Elina Aalto. Light seeps in through the small cut out holes creating an image of a city by night. The cut-outs represent the light in the windows of apartment buildings and office complexes in the city. […]
If this were only a real holographic display, but it’s not. However, it would attract attention for the product being displayed, which is the whole point. No word on the actual cost, but with a piece of glass and a small LCD TV or old monitor, you could remake this for very little $ – […]
This should be an easy remake for those of you with a ton of old disks sitting on a shelf. Just punch some holes, add a bit of twine or zip ties, and you have a nice little present to give your favorite computer programmer for Valentines Day. – Link Related: HOW TO – Make […]
Jim K. writes in about this excellent remake candidate: A lamp that projects a slide on the wall. Looks like an old chem lab stand would do the trick nicely, and for much cheaper! – Link. Related: HOW TO make a Slide Lamp – Link.
Here’s a good candidate for a remake, if you have a jet engine cowling hanging around (although I’m sure you could make an approximation): Beautifully retro in feel, the aluminium engine cowling, which measures in at 100″ in diameter, is lovingly sanded and mirror polished prior to being fitted with a hardwood desktop and shelving […]
I want to say this could be a cool remake, sorta – but I’m not sure how well this would be received – The Tempest Prognosticator, also known as the Leech Barometer, is a 19th century invention by George Merryweather in which leeches are used in a barometer. The twelve leeches are kept in small […]
