Artist Sumer Erek noticed the piles of wasted newspaper lying on the streets and in people’s homes and somehow managed to see art within the unwanted waste. So he took a bare, 12 feet high, wooden structure and lined it with 120,000 rolls of newspaper to from the Newspaper House. The building is currently located in Gillet Square in Dalston, Hackney. Erek encouraged the local community to donate their leftover newspapers to help build the project. Local train companies donated a total of 2 tons worth of newspaper that passengers left behind. Another 10,000 papers were collected by Project Freesheet.
“Newspaper House covers our era’s three aspects - news, paper and house… and also brings communities together and people contributing into the construction and adding into the piece in a physical active way.” “Even things that don’t have value can be transformed into artwork and it could be something beautiful,” he added.
The Newspaper House is currently open to the public for art viewing. The house will be “recycled” afterwards. I’m sure some needy family would enjoy the piece of art home. Why destroy it?
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Via: LikeCOOL and BBC News
Here’s a little Sunday humor.
Turn your rubber ducky over to the dark side with the Duck Fadar. Sure to bring joy to the Star Wars geek in your life.
Features:
* They bob.
* They glow.
* They’re rubber
* They make you smile.
Any questions? Good.
LOL. What else can I say? £6.99 ($14) via Gadgetshop.
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Via: Gadgets Club
The Samsung YP-T10 is supposedly the Apple iPod Nano killer. Design-wise, it sure gives the Nano a run for its money. The YP-T10 is one fine looker. It sports a lightweight, clean, and sleek design with aluminum accents. The back-lit, touch sensitive navigational control doesn’t even appear until you boot on the player. However, the buzz surrounding the player is its cute animated menu system, which features “Sammy” the dog. Every menu page is vibrant, seemingly geared towards the young at heart. The only downside that is holding back the YP-T10 is that it only supports MP3 and WMA files. Additionally, video support feels more like an after-thought, supporting MPEG-4 and WMV @ 30 FPS.
Specs:
* 2″ QVGA (240 x 320 pixel) screen
* Bluetooth 2.0
* 3D sound with DNSe support
* USB 2.0
* 4GB ($129) and 8GB ($200)
* FM tuner
* Voice recording
* Video playback: SVI, WMV @ 30 fps
* Audio playback: MP3, WMA
* Supports TXT and JPEG viewing
* Battery life: 15 hours audio; 4 hours video
* Dimensions: 3.8 x 1.6 x 0.3 inches
* Weight: 1.5 ounces
Good:
+ lightweight, excellent design
+ screen is nice and bright
+ “drag and drop” supported for easy file transfer
+ FM radio is nice
+ excellent user interface. Sammy is cute.
+ Bluetooth allows up to two headsets to be connected (listen with a friend).
+ decent battery life
Bad:
- lack luster file support
- too sensitive controls - a little ‘too touchy’?
- some may prefer more ‘tactile’ buttons
- due to lack of file support, converting your video files can be irritating
- no podcast support
The Samsung YP-T10 is a gorgeous MP3 player hands down. However, audiophiles that demand a plethora of file support should probably look elsewhere. For the rest of us that only listen to MP3s and no other obscure audio files…give the YP-10 a look.
The player comes in black, red, white, green, and purple in either 2 or 4GB. $129.99 via Amazon (4GB).
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The Iona Cube from Cambridge Consultants have developed a Wi-Fi enabled radio device that allows you to store up to 4 of your favorite Internet radio stations. The Iona Cube consists of 6 sides. One side houses the speaker, four sides are dedicated to each of your radio stations, and the last side is the on/off switch. You change radio stations by rotating the Cube to one of its other four sides. To adjust the volume, the user simply twists the Cube to the right or left - to increase and decrease the volume, respectively. I’d like to know what the audio quality is like?
Currently, the concept is designed to allow the user to program their stations via USB or through Wi-Fi by visiting a website. The Iona Cube is very simple; its internal electrical wizardry of parts costs a mere $15. Cambridge Consultants aims to get the Iona Cube to under $50 when it hits the market.
If you’re scratching your head wondering why only four radio stations, I mean, why not a dodecahedron type shape, right? Well, apparently, Cambridge Consultants did their homework; research revealed that even though there are thousands of radio stations available, users only listen to up to four stations.
Read the press release here.
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Via: Gizmag
Ebay seller, rayanajames, has a really cool Halo 3 themed lamp for sale. I’m unsure if the custom lamp was hand crafted by the seller or was store bought somewhere. Unfortunately, the eBay page doesn’t say too much. The lamp portrays a scene where a Jackal Sniper is perched up a tree with two Master Chiefs (playing co-op, I presume) ready to pwn. One MC is about to chuck a grenade at the Jackal. I’m not sure if this is based on a certain level in Halo 3 (sorry, I’ve been playing COD 4 lately, I barely remember Halo), but the attention to detail on the lamp is pretty spectacular. All three figures look accurate. You can clearly make out the Jackal’s beam rifle, the frag grenade on the red MC, and the assault rifles being held by both MCs.
Starting bid for the custom Halo 3 map is at $93.00. Halo fans go!
Oh yeah, the lamp is functional. More pics at the eBay page.
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Via: Hawty McBloggy
