Retro

Someone Supersized Those Tiny Decorative Lego Computers and Made Them Functional

Someone Supersized Those Tiny Decorative Lego Computers and Made Them Functional

Swedish artist, designer, and master crafter Love Hultèn creates devices and furniture that combine the past with the modern technologies of the moment. His ridiculously cool Brix System scales up “high tech” Lego bricks (computers, monitors, button panels, phones) and brings them to life as fully functional devices. Made from wood (and acrylics, electronics), these […]

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Blast Off with this Homemade Atomic Age Rocket Camper

Blast Off with this Homemade Atomic Age Rocket Camper

When Alaskan resident Bill Guernsey got into a serious plane crash and broke his back and fractured seven ribs, he knew he was going to be laid up for a long, long time. But rather than let that get the best of him, he decided to use the time to finally design and then build […]

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Punch Card Interface Now on Twitter

Punch Card Interface Now on Twitter

Ever want to go back to the “good old” days of computing, when all coding was done on punch-cards? OK, maybe you don’t, but it’s always fun to combine old technology with new concepts, like this interface that let’s you tweet via punch cards. The first step in making this clever retro-computing experiment was how […]

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Vintage Internet Connected Radio

Vintage Internet Connected Radio

  This retro radio project brings back old to meet the new. A trendy old radio that plays any music you want, not just the boring stuff that you can get through the radio waves! Using the credit card sized computer, Raspberry Pi–the sky is the limit. To get the best streaming music experience for this […]

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