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Design
Cardboard iPhone Case Illustrating Contest
6:20PM Dan Nosowitz | Case-Mate released a $US0.99 cardboard iPhone case as a tongue-in-cheek, recession-appropriate gesture — and people bought them, drew on them, and now they’ve got a contest to see whose creation is best. More »
Music
Indie Band Strapped For Cash, Uses DIY Cardboard Instruments
11:20AM Rosa Golijan | I don’t know who that Brittany Lane is, nor have I heard of Meeting of Important People before. What got my attention is that everything in this music video, from the scenery to the instruments, is made out of cardboard. More »
Peripherals
During The Recession, Even Your iPhone Lives In A Cardboard Box
8:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Fancy-pants iPhone cases made out of Rockefeller materials like rubber, metal and plastic are fine during times of economic prosperity, but in these dark days, we need a more suitable material. Case-Mate dug through their recycling bin for the answer. More »
Peripherals
The DIY Cardboard Laptop Stand
9:00AM Jack Loftus | You’d think a cardboard laptop stand might be self-explanatory, but you’d be wrong. Lifehacker has some nifty DIY instructions for this surprisingly sturdy (and nearly free) cardboard laptop stand. [Lifehacker] More »
Games
TrashCade Is the Ultimate Hobo Arcade Cabinet
1:40AM Jesus Diaz | Behold the TrashCade, the arcade game cabinet made of cardboard and tape! But don’t hold it too much, or it may fall apart in a clusterfrak of trash and wrap. [Techeblog] More »
Random Stuff
This Talking Cardboard Dude Is a Murderer (Allegedly)
3:00AM Matt Buchanan | A murder case that’s been cold for two years. Do you: Throw more detectives on it? Go on Japan’s Most Wanted? Or create life-size, talking cardboard cutouts of the killer? I think we have a winner! More »
Design
Step Inside The Cardboard Office
8:00AM Sean Fallon | Who knew people living in cardboard boxes could have the best pad in town? All it takes is a little ingenuity and some inspiration from the folks at Amsterdam’s Nothing ad agency. More »
Computers
Inside the Recompute Cardboard PC
5:40AM Matt Buchanan | While I was going through gear at the Greener Gadgets conference, a dude came up to me and asked, “Hey, you wanna see something?” He pulled out a beat-up suitcase stuffed with old, dirty dishrags. More »
Gadgets
Mcor Matrix 3D Printer Replicates Objects on the Cheap With Simple Paper and Glue
12:40AM John Mahoney | 3D printers are awesome. Feed them a computer model, and out comes a real object–often with complexity that is impossible to conjure into reality via any other means. Still blows my mind nearly every time I see one in action. Especially cool, then, is the Mcor Matrix, a 3D Printer that aims to keep cost of ownership at a minimum by using as its elementals regular office paper and a common water-based glue. This hand model, for instance, was produced for only €3.70 ($US4.73). galleryPost('3dprinter', 3, ''); More »
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