scrap metal

Chinese Man Builds His Own Bionic Hands from Scrap Metal After Losing Limbs in Explosion

Chinese Man Builds His Own Bionic Hands from Scrap Metal After Losing Limbs in Explosion

Think you're a pretty good do-it-yourself-er? Think again. The Daily Mail reports that after losing both of his hands and forearms in an explosion (he created a homemade bomb that detonated prematurely),

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Tal Avitzur Recycles Vintage Metal Machinery into Cool Robots

Tal Avitzur Recycles Vintage Metal Machinery into Cool Robots

Avitzur collects the brass, bronze and copper objects by visiting scrap metal yards, construction sites, marine salvage yards, swap meets, and even through garbage picking. Each piece is then cleaned,

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Travis Pond Crafts Elaborate Larger Than Life Beasts from Scrap Motorcycles

Travis Pond Crafts Elaborate Larger Than Life Beasts from Scrap Motorcycles

Travis Pond's 14-foot long Dragon is a cacophony of twisted exhaust pipes and metal rods, all assembled into an intricately detailed beast, with smooth lines and a sleek reptilian tail punctuated by the

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Ted Moallem’s Braille-It Labeler Prints Tactile Labels for the Blind

Ted Moallem’s Braille-It Labeler Prints Tactile Labels for the Blind

Blind people have been long overlooked when it comes to social advancement and technological innovation, and Moallem's labeler offers a simple, affordable solution that will have its largest impact in the

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Sworth Lamp by Parry and Sutton Twists Scrap Metal into Art

Sworth Lamp by Parry and Sutton Twists Scrap Metal into Art

Scrap aluminum slivers were worked into the Sworth Lamp, an exploding cloud of gleaming metal by designer Ilsa Parry and collaborator Tom Sutton. The curly slivers that the lamp is constructed from are

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Incredible Scrap Metal Transformers Robots Look Just Like in the Movies

Incredible Scrap Metal Transformers Robots Look Just Like in the Movies

Designers Jiang Chen and Yang Junlin built the robots as part of their “Legend of Iron” project. Junlin, the head designer, explains that he believes in turning scrap metal into new treasure to reduce

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Chinese Designers Build 5-Ton Transformers Megatron Tank from Scrap Metal

Chinese Designers Build 5-Ton Transformers Megatron Tank from Scrap Metal

Chinese metal crafts factory Wing Wah created a 5 ton replica of the Megatron Tank from Transformers 2 using mostly scrap materials.

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Carhenge: Scrap Vehicles Replicate Prehistoric Monument

Carhenge: Scrap Vehicles Replicate Prehistoric Monument

When Stonehedge was created, its builders used stones — making the space all about stone and light. Cycles and spirits. Seasons and sacrifice. Today, the “beings” that dominate our

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MULTIMACHINE: DIY Open Source Machinery

MULTIMACHINE: DIY Open Source Machinery

Made from recycled scrap metal and old truck engines, the open-source Multimachine can drill press, lather and mill. It originally started as a project by Pat Delaney as a way to easily create a machine

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