Recycle Parts

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Keyboard:
Select keys and magnetize them.

QWERTY Magnets, are ideal for the fridge or filing cabinet, they really are the perfect gift for smitten tech-heads who need things spelt out.

Of course embarrassed recipients could always arrange them to spell
I SUMS or OVULE.

Speaking of QWERTY keyboards, did you know that this layout was created
in the 1860s by Christopher Sholes, a newspaper editor?
"Originally, the characters on the typewriters he invented were arranged alphabetically. In an effort to stop old-style key hammers jamming, boffins arranged the alphabet all over the place. The QWERTY arrangement solved the jamming problem not by forcing typists to slow down, but by separating common sequences of letters in English. Pairs of keys that are frequently struck in succession were placed as far from each other as possible, so that the hammers that were likely to be used in quick succession were less likely to interfere with each other..." [wiki]

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Crafted from a genuine IDE computer cable:


The IDE belt can be worn to ironically invoke the fashion and technological state of the 70s and 80s:

Get connected with your inner geek!

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Inside the SF Recycling & Disposal center was the embodiment of "found" art: two artists-in-residence were given the opportunity to turn junk into gems, and did so to dazzling effect. Sudhu Tewari displayed his creations as an exhibit titled, "AUX: Tune for Minimum Smoke," and Nome Edonna's "System Overload" exposed the crowd to their artistic interpretations of our mass consumerism, while attempting to bring attention to the problem of electronic waste.

"Mobile" by Nome Edonna is brilliantly self-explanatory. It's a mobile of mobile phones, all of which were rescued from the city dump. Edonna admits the piece is pretty humorous, but says it's also intended to "reflect the present state of mass consumerism." See if you can spot one of your old phones in there. [read more]

(Credit: Erica Ogg/CNET News.com)

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