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Robots made from recycled parts look for a home to adopt them

Adopt a robot, or Adopt a Bot is something of a robot orphanage, with robots made from recycled parts looking for a new home. Designer Brian Marshall created these robots from found metal parts and other objects, which in his words, “refused to die.” He also creates intriguing sculpture photos for his robots, putting them in surroundings that would appear to be their natural habitat. The robots are available for purchase (or adoption, if you would like to call it that) at Brian’s Etsy store.

Via: Adoptabot, Recyclart, TreeHugger

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A repurposed bus-restaurant, Le Truc

It seems converting old, discarded buses into new business ventures is doing the rounds these days, and we completely approve of the idea. Le Truc is a new restaurant, rather, Bustaurant for the Bay Area. This restaurant resides in a 1989 Ford Ward School Bus, effectively converting the bus into a restaurant. Of course, the interiors of the bus have had to undergo a change; the insides have two long benches for eating, while the back of the bus is now a kitchen. The bus will soon move to its permanent spot at 470 Brannan Street.

Via: Le Truc, Inhabitat

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1500 lbs of mobile phones dropped on a Camaro

The video shows 1500 pounds of mobile phones getting dropped on a poor, unsuspecting Camaro. Needless to say, things didn’t go very well for the poor car. On another note, creators of the video point out that the phones used were beyond repair, and were recycled later. The Camaro wasn’t in any better condition, and someone will use the car for parts.

Via: Gizmodo

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World’s largest helmet is made from recycled helmets


The Guinness World Record for the largest sculpture made from recycled materials, is held by this giant helmet located in Huelva, Spain. Sculptor Rafael Melida and his team spent nearly 1,239 hours over 3 months to create this sculpture from 3283 yellow helmets. These helmets were specially made for this sculpture, and each of them was made out of recycled materials. The sculpture measures 10.4 m x 7.8 m x 6.1 m.

Via: GuinnessWorldRecords, UniqueDaily

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Newspapers made from wood, now made into wood


It is common knowledge that paper is made from wood, and a lot of trees are felled to meet the world’s requirement of paper. How about converting this paper back into wood? It would be a good way to recycle paper, plus it may save quite a few trees from the axe. Meet Kranthout, the wood made from newspapers.

Developed by Mieke Meijer for design company vij5, Kranthout has individual pages of tabloids rolled and bound together, and made sturdy to such a degree that it somewhat behaves, and looks like real wood. Creators of this paper-wood claim that it can be milled into planks, drilled and sanded just like real wood.

Via: Vij5 [PDF], WorldChanging, Inhabitat

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Sculptures made from recycled parts

Artist Edouard Martinet creates these impressive and creative metal sculptures using found parts. The artist frequents flea-markets for objects like rusted kitchen pans, typewriter parts, car lights and other scrap metals. Martinet does not use solder to put his artwork together, instead, each component is put into place “as if putting together a puzzle of random pieces and parts.”

Via: What the Cool

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Old ’65 double-decker converted to brand new vintage shop

Lodekka has to be one carefully crafted vintage shop. Located in Portland, OR, the shop calls a 1965 double-decker its home. Owner Erin Sutherland restored the 1965 Bristol Lodekka with the help of a few friends, and converted it into a vintage shop on the lines of the city’s booming food cart industry. Sutherland spends half the week shopping for the stock, while the other half is spent in her unique shop.

Via: CoolHunting