"MAKER CULTURE," "GREEN TECHNOLOGY" AND "UPCYCLING"

• Theo Jansen's biomechanical creations:



• The "Make Magazine" blog: LINK

• Dale Dougherty (Maker Faire founder), talking about the Maker Faire:

• Sugru.com's "Fixer's Manifesto": LINK.

• A vehicle powered by an electric screwdriver: LINK.

• Behold, the "jet motorcycle":


• Minivan + Helicopter Turbine Engine:



• The "Riot Wheel":
 


• When a beach is used as a landfill for several decades (Glass Beach, Fort Bragg, CA)

[image credit: Meganpru/flickr]

• The eWaste recycling industry in China's "Guiyu Town" (Guangdong Province): LINK

• Health risk assessment of eWaste contamination (metals) in Guiyu Town [PDF]: LINK

 
• "Stop Me" music video (Planet Funk), filmed in Guiyu Town:

• Finding ways to make products with simpler, more "environmentally friendly" materials; Nicolas leMoigne's concrete stools: LINK.

• The IKEA cardboard digital camera.

• Upcycling.co.uk

• The "Metrodeck" playing cards made of up cycled New York Metro cards.



• A nice example of an "upcycling/maker" project: making a wi-fi amplifier with a soft drink can: LINK.

• Upcycling: The "Re-Ply Chair":
 

• New York artist "Swoon" and her associates created floating artworks composed of salvaged urban materials: LINK.

• Stephen Glassman's "Urban Air" Project:

• Designs for the "greening" of areas of New York City: LINK

• The "Microbial Home" by the Philips Design Probe program: LINK.