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star wars + starbucks cups = tie fighter [papercraft]

filed under: geek art & craft | strange and wonderful

Looking for something to do with all those Starbucks coffee cups you collect every morning? Why not turn them into some great geek art like this guy did.

Photographer Dan Winters (from WIRED) saw all those cups, stirrers and other paper miscellany and was inspired to turn them into an awesome TIE Fighter model. Darth Vader would be proud…

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November 19th, 2008 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

robot + cup = robocup

filed under: geek art & craft | robotics

Robot Ceramic Mugs by Soda by Amy

I was tooling around over at Chicago’s Bucktown Arts Fest this past weekend, and thought to myself, what are the chances that I’ll actually stumble onto any good geeky crafts? But lo and behold, the first booth I step into had these great handmade robot ceramic cups…

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August 26th, 2008 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

wmf coffee pad: just one cup of joe, please

filed under: design

WMF1 Coffee Pad

This cool coffee maker offers up a smart industrial design which cleanly integrates a ceramic mug in place of a carafe. It’s perfect for making a single cup at your desk, or if you’re living a bachelor’s life.

The WMF1 Coffee Pad takes a single portioned coffee filter and can brew up a fresh cup of Java in about 1 minute…

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October 26th, 2007 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

musicmug: ipod in a cup

filed under: design | media players

iPod MusicMug

This unique iPod holder out of Japan looks like a china cup, but actually features a speaker built into the bottom.

The MusicMug from I.D.E.A. is a ceramic enclosure with a special (un-amplified) speaker that’s optimized for playback directly from the output of your iPod. Apparently, the china construction is key to the speaker’s sound reproduction. It’s available in the U.S…

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March 7th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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