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motherboard mona lisa

motherboard_mona_lisa

While Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the great art masters, the guy who created this version of Mona Lisa entirely out of old motherboards is a modern master in my book.

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November 11th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft quickpix technology

circuit board cufflinks for formal geeks

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Next time you need to go to a semiconductor semi-formal (see what I did there?), you might want to grab a pair of these clever geeky cufflinks made from old circuit boards. But unlike those shiny new 2010 Olympic medals, you can actually tell that these were upcycled from old circuitry.

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October 17th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun technology

connect to your sugar craving with circuit board candy

iphone circuit board candy

Cakes, cupcakes… things of the past. Relics from a ruined age. Now it’s candy, folks; if you want to make decorative, teeth-rotting sweets, it’s all about candy displays, just like this one. It’s the cutting edge! Or maybe just delicious.

Check that out: colorful, artistic, and wholly edible, which means it’s the best of all…

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July 6th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun mobile tech

from nes to clockface: the journey of a circuit board

nes nintendo clock circuit board

One day you’re just poking along, handling all your business NES-style, running games, having someone blow hot air into your space, and the next? You’ve been torn out of your cozy little home and someone’s fitting all sorts of new parts onto your body. This poor circuit board… from Nintendo to clock is a step…

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May 14th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: geek art + craft timepieces

create your own profanity

clock retro etsy koolatron circuit board fluorescent vacuum tube profanity generator

If run-of-the-mill, every day profanity just isn’t good enough for you–maybe you’re the type who yells KRAF! when you stub a toe–then you just might be the target market for the Super Electrofluorescent Profanity Machine, which will merrily generate random four-letter words for you at the rate of one per second.

The machine, which was constructed…

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December 20th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun

led menorah offers a happy digital hanukkah

led menorah

With the holidays just over a month away, I figured it was time to share this clever Hanukkah gift that I came across a little while back.

This modern spin on the Menorah is made from recycled circuit boards, and offers up a bright red LED for each night of celebration. From a strictly religious…

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November 9th, 2008 comments (6) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design just plain fun

atari 2600 + guitar hero = atari hero [casemod]

Atari 2600 Guitar Hero Casemod

Conner over at SlipperyBrick just tipped me off to his latest creation, and it’s quite a doozy. Combining two of my favorite pastimes, Guitar Hero and the Atari 2600, this new casemod is a real beaut.

Just plug your old Atari 2600 cartridges into the body of this heavily customized Guitar Hero Gibson Les Paul,…

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September 28th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: hacks + mods retro video games