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film & cassette tape portraits by iri5 are for sale, and yes, they’re expensive.

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Reader Alex commented on our call for surveyees (take the survey! there’s a prize!) that the stuff we usually feature are cool (of course they are ) but mostly expensive. Alex, if you’re reading this, I’m sorry but this is another one of those cool-but-expensive stuffs. But they’re not just any stuff, they’re works of…

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June 25th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: geek art + craft retro strange + wonderful

bet you can’t do this with blu-ray: awesome cassette tape portraits

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Artist iri5’s “Ghost in the Machine” is a series of portraits that connect music with visual art by making use of old cassette tapes as medium. When I first saw Neatorama’s post about the project I thought it was just a cheap trick. But after taking a closer look at the portraits, the simplicity and…

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March 22nd, 2009 comments (33) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: geek art + craft retro strange + wonderful

nasa urine recycler is good to go. unfortunately.

“Houston, we have a problem.”
Eagle this is Houston, what’s poppin? Over?
“Yeah, so.. I float over to where the cooler’s supposed to be, but in it’s place there’s this…I’m looking at this machine labeled “Urine Recycler”. Over.”

Don’t tell me it’s broken again! Dammit Timmy, I thought I told you to fix the Urine Recycler on…

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November 30th, 2008 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: future tech strange + wonderful technology weird science

calling all sk8r boys: nixon watch with skateboard inlays

Nixon Rotolog RePly Watch

Nixon is coming out with yet another awesome watch. The Rotolog RePly watch is inlaid with reclaimed skateboard parts.

This is recycling at it’s best. Thin strips of reclaimed skate decks are artfully layered to create a unique and colorful watch. It would make the perfect accessory for the erstwhile punk teen turned corporate bad-a$$.…

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August 29th, 2008 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

filed under: design timepieces