Here’s a fun and cheap project of using (recycling) paper cups and a pair of spare earphones to make your own speakers.  All you need to do is to cut a cross (X) at the base of the paper cup, insert the ear-buds, and you’re done!  For the speaker holder, I simply place it on top of another paper cup, but you can use a toothpick/sticky tape to attach them together.

The sound amplification wasn’t very big, only audible when increasing my sound volume to max levels.  I suggest positioning the speakers closer to your ears and playing it in a quiet office environment.

Enjoy your coffee!

The tools required.

Mono speaker.

[via LifeHacker]

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Totoro (トトロ) is the character from the japanese animated film “My Neighbour Totoro” written by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli.  The papercraft template has been made available by Moumoku for print-out.

The design was fairly simple and it took me around 2 hours to assemble.  The hard part was attaching the head with the body, however long fingers should help.  The mouth/teeth was an optional attachment and the black whiskers could do a little trim to make it look a bit closer to the original, but thats up to you!

The template

Cut-outs

Side

Backside

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What you can do with 4 bottles of good old South Australian beer…

This Shin Tanaka Gritty papercraft toy was released during the World Cup 2006, supporting the Argentina football team.  It was a limited edition release that was available for downloaded at the time.  Shin Tanaka makes really cool models with a unique hip hop theme, and provides free downloadable templates from time to time.  Give it a go yourself!

The template.

Shirt on.

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PINO (Open PINO Platform) is an open humanoid robot platform for research and development. The intention of PINO’s designers is to create a Linux-like open platform for robotics. The robot’s external design is proprietary.

PINO has a papercraft model which can be downloaded from the Fukuoka Robosquare Website.

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Pepakura (ぺぱくら), or Papercrafting is a method of crafting 3D models using paper, similar to Origami (おりがみ). It is different to Origami because the model is made from pieces of cut-out card paper and glued together. Papercrafting is popular in Japan, and the Internet has made it even popular because the model templates can easily be downloaded and printed out on any printer. Think of it as a way to express 3D artwork over the Internet.

So i downloaded a template and tried making my first Chihuahua papercraft. It turn out it was very easy to make. It can be done using materials that everyone has, and i dont have to spend much (20 cents) to make a cool art decoration. The instructions were simple, very hands-on, very time-wasting and the outcome was satifying!!

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Link (リンク, Rinku) is one of Nintendo’s best known characters from ‘The Legend of Zelda’ game series.
Now it’s transformed into a papercraft toy.

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A bowl of wonton noodles in HK? $10.
A subway trip from mongkok to causeway bay? $10.
Spending $10 for an origami shirt? Priceless.