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Egg-Bot

Egg-Bot

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Egg-Bot

$195 to $220

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Reviewed: November 13th, 2011

The Egg-Bot is an art robot designed by Bruce Shapiro that’s fun to watch as it draws intricate designs on eggs or any other round objects 3cm–10cm in diameter, including ornaments, golf balls, and light bulbs. You design the patterns in the free app Inkscape, and the bot draws them using fine-point Sharpies, engraving tools, […]

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ReMake It Plastic Bag Trash Can

ReMake It Plastic Bag Trash Can

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ReMake It Plastic Bag Trash Can

$17

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Reviewed: November 2nd, 2011

Turn your trash into treasure, or in this case, a trash can. Out of the box, this metal basket skeleton won’t hold a lot, but add your own recycled material, and it becomes much more useful. Walls are formed by weaving through the spokes. If you like paper crafts, weave in folded strips of newspaper. […]

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LEGO Syringe Kit

LEGO Syringe Kit

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LEGO Syringe Kit

$20

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MAKE blogger Sean Ragan created this provocative kit enabling you to make a medical replica out of nothing but Lego, with the exception of one slightly modified piece. Build the syringe by following the easy “order-of-operations,” using red for blood, or maybe a blue medicine from the future, or create yourself a sickly yellow-green poison. Complete […]

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