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Design
Trash Cans Get Pimped Out For Charity
3:20PM Rosa Golijan | My trashcan is a metal, woven-looking thing filled with crumpled up ideas and 48 gum wrappers. Makes me wish I had one of theses 35 customised, artist-designed trashcans being put into auction for charity instead. (Particularly the cactus one.) More »
Random Stuff
Killing Elevators
9:23PM Jesus Diaz | If you are in Sweden, beware: Getting the trash down in the elevator may kill you. And trust me on this one, there are plenty of other—much better—things to die for in this country.
Design
‘Trash’ T-Shirt Shows A Digital Hobo At Work
12:20AM Adam Frucci | It’s like your computer’s trash can! Get it? [Glennz Tees via Book of Joe] More »
Design
Sub-Zero Garbage Can Keeps Your Trash Nice and Frosty
8:40AM Adam Frucci | Organic garbage, like banana peels and coffee grounds, stink. Sitting in your garbage can all day at room temperature guarantees that your place will smell like a dump. Not if it’s frozen, however. 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 »
Robots
This Trash Collecting Robot Isn’t Quite Earth’s Lovable Savior, but Close
1:30PM Adrian Covert | The problem with distant glimpses of the future is that getting there takes some time. Such is the case with the TCR-2009 Trash Collecting Robot, which is a neat, but primitive robot garbage man. More »
Home
12-year-old Builds Homeless Shelter Yurt from Trash
6:00PM Elaine Chow | 12-year-old Max Wallack submitted this amazing “Home Dome”—a homeless shelter made from plastic, wire, and packing peanuts—to a recent “Trash to Treasure” design contest. Based on a Mongolian yurt, it’s warm and includes a bed. More »
Home
All-In-One Recycling Centre Puts Everything in its Right Place
11:00AM Adrian Covert | For those out there who obsess about keeping the recycling separate from the normal trash, your chariot has arrived. More »
Design
Tri3 Trash Can Recycles Your Waste Stylishly
6:00PM Elaine Chow | The Tri3 trashcan stacks three cans together to make recycling even easier than normal. It’s also much neater, and more stylish, than my solution of throwing recyclables into a heap in the kitchen corner. More »
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