This $30 Wind Turbine Is Made from Bike Parts and Discarded Aluminum
Turn junk into energy with this cheap wind turbine project from POC21.
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The Japanese Art of Recognizing Beauty in Broken Things
In Japan, craftsmen practice the ancient art of kintsugi, or “golden joinery,” which is a method of restoring a broken object with lacquer.
Bike Contraption Whistles with the Movement of the Tide
This art project at the San Francisco Exploratorium uses an old Huffy bike, a shipping container, and the tide to imitate Bosun’s whistle.
Upcycled Bike Chain Becomes Funky Timepiece
Brian Barmmer repurposed an old bike chain and cassette into this creative clock
Pinball Wizard Builds Massive Machine
A self-proclaimed inventor of useless things, Niklas Roy has built the largest pinball machine I’ve ever seen. The Galactic Dimension pinball machine is indeed of galactic dimensions, towering at almost 20 feet tall, with a wide berth of almost 10 feet (3m×6m). The colossal game was constructed for the 2015 pinball exhibition at Phæno, a […]
Upcycled Awesome: Make an Earphone Holder from a Mint Container
If you’ve been holding onto those cute plastic mint boxes, just waiting for DIY inspiration to strike, this just might be the project for you! Grab a container and whip up a handy earphone holder decorated with cool contrasting fabric. Fight back against epic in-bag earphone tangles with this fun tutorial for making an earphone […]
Be Careful How You Upcycle
Creative reuse isn’t always good for the earth
