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These Tiny Cinder Blocks Let You Construct Buildings at Your Desk

Has work got you down? Is it too boring sitting at your cubicle, banging that keyboard and clicking that mouse all day long? I hear ya. Time to take a break and get creative. Mini Materials’…

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Watching Cars Get Smashed by a Huge Concrete Block Is Wonderfully Satisfying

It’s no mystery what happens when you drop a huge concrete block onto a car. The car gets completely obliterated and smashed. It is one of those destructive things that is oddly satisfying and a guilty…

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Death Star & Millennium Falcon Planters: The Green Side of the Force

Etsy store Anson Design Co. makes decorative items made of wood and concrete, including these cute planters based on famous Star Wars ships. They even come with a low maintenance air plant. The Millennium Falcon planter…

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Doctor Who Stepping Stones Make Your Garden Gallifreyan

It is summertime, so it’s time to do get outside and do some gardening. If you like your garden geeky, you may want to add a bit of Doctor Who to your yard with these cool…

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Make Your Own Concrete Thwomp

Like most Mario video game characters, Thwomps are bad guys, yet are still somehow cute. These spiked cinder blocks have personality. Sure, they are trying to pulverize you, but you still have to love them.…

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Gundam Tombstone: A Proper Burial

If you love giant robots in life, celebrate your love of giant robots in death with a Gundam tombstone. It will be a lasting monument to your life that stands out and makes others take notice.…

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Light ‘0’ Concrete Lamp: Definitely Not Light as a Feather

I’ve seen lamps made of many different materials, but this is the first concrete lamp I’ve come across. It looks quite interesting, but it’s not going to be a very lightweight lamp.…

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Make a Pinhole Camera from Concrete

While one could definitely argue that the lo-fi images you can capture with a pinhole camera are an acquired taste, it’s still pretty cool that you can capture images on film with such a simple mechanism.…

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ERO Robot Could Tear Down and Recycle Buildings

Imagine if we had robots that could not only tear a building down, but also recycle it. Large building projects would go much faster and they would likely be cheaper and safer too. This new concept…

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Luna iPhone Skin is Made from Concrete

If you love stuff that looks like it came from another celestial body, then you’ll be over the moon with the Luna iPhone skin. If they look particularly moony to you, then its designers were able…

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Mr. Boom & Little Ms. Dynamite Lamps Create Explosions of Light

German design studio Docstone loves making concrete-based furniture. It showed off a pair of its newest creations at the recent 2013 iSaloni exhibit. The Mister Boom and Little Miss Dynamite are both lamps that look and…

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O-Lite Concrete Accent Lamp Looks Great, Won’t Break the Bank

With the exception the occasional lighting fixture at IKEA, most cool modern lights are ridiculously overpriced for what they are. Here’s a case where you can get your hands on a cool accent light that looks…

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Concrete Watches Look Heavier Than They Are

Concrete is an interesting material, but I’ve never thought about using it to make watches. Paris-based designer Dzmitry Samal has launched a series of watches, with frames made out of the durable material.…

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Concrete Never Looked This Light or Comfy

I tried lying down on the concrete road once for a school project, and let me just say that my back was sore for close to a week afterwards. Obviously concrete isn’t made for comfort; it’s…

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Concrete iPhone Dock for Hard Rock Playlists Only

We were just talking about some speakers made out of stone, so it’s just a coincidence that this iPhone/iPod dock made out of concrete popped up on my radar screen on the same day. But unlike…

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Concrete Building Blocks Look Like LEGOs

I see all sorts of cool projects that geeks come up with where they use LEGO as the medium to build. Even though it comes in a kit, the LEGO Imperial Shuttle is one of my…

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Tag: Concrete

These Tiny Cinder Blocks Let You Construct Buildings at Your Desk

Watching Cars Get Smashed by a Huge Concrete Block Is Wonderfully Satisfying

Death Star & Millennium Falcon Planters: The Green Side of the Force

Doctor Who Stepping Stones Make Your Garden Gallifreyan

Make Your Own Concrete Thwomp

Gundam Tombstone: A Proper Burial

Light ‘0’ Concrete Lamp: Definitely Not Light as a Feather

Make a Pinhole Camera from Concrete

ERO Robot Could Tear Down and Recycle Buildings

Luna iPhone Skin is Made from Concrete

Mr. Boom & Little Ms. Dynamite Lamps Create Explosions of Light

O-Lite Concrete Accent Lamp Looks Great, Won’t Break the Bank

Concrete Watches Look Heavier Than They Are

Concrete Never Looked This Light or Comfy

Concrete iPhone Dock for Hard Rock Playlists Only

Concrete Building Blocks Look Like LEGOs

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