Cardboard Guns Pack a (Paper) Punch

If you like to look at guns more than you like to fire them, check out these amazingly detailed paper guns, made by cardboard artist Asif Farooq. Forget about the whole gun/anti-gun controversy for a moment and just admire these harmless weapons for all of their amazing detail.
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Each one was planned out in meticulous detail, before Asif cut up the pieces and created his cardboard arsenal. No, they don’t fire cardboard bullets, although that would be cool. They just look great and are made to be admired as eye candy.

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It’s a great way to recycle those old cardboard boxes you have lying around – the problem is that most of us are not as talented as Asif.

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[via Obvious Winner]

Doxie Go Scanner: For Those Still Dealing with Mounds of Paper

Even though there are apps for using smartphones as portable scanners, they don’t always get all of the details, and it’s tough to get a steady image. That’s one of the reasons why Doxie’s portable scanners are useful for people trying to rid themselves of paper in their offices.

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The latest iteration of the Doxie Go is pretty small – about as large as two office staplers. It operates anywhere thanks to a built-in battery and can transmit them wirelessly (with an optional upgrade). You can scan in color or black and white, at 300 dpi or 600 dpi to the internal memory of the device, then transfer them over via USB or insert an EyeFi SD card to automatically transfer the scans over Wi-Fi. While you’ll need to recharge the battery every 100 pages or so, it only takes about 2 hours to juice up.

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The flexible scanner mechanism can handle documents ranging in size from business card up to 8.5″x15″ too. Of course, the scanner also comes with software for image correction and OCR for converting scanned images to editable text or PDFs.

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The Doxie Go sells for $199(USD). The Wi-Fi card will set you back another $30, which is actually cheaper than you can buy the Eye-Fi Connect X2 for elsewhere. You’ll definitely want to check it out if you’re trying to go paperless.

Foldify App Lets Everyone Be a Papercraft Artist

While there are a lot of free downloadable foldable papercraft templates online – we’ve actually featured a few of them – I’m sure many of you wished you could create custom ones yourself. Your wish has been granted. Or it will be when Foldify is released.

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Launching as an iPad exclusive, Foldify makes it easy to create custom papercraft, from coming up with the shape of your boxy creation, adding color and parts to actually printing it. The only thing it can’t help you with is with the quality of your art. Thankfully you won’t need to waste cardboard because you can practice and re-do your papercraft on the app as often as you like.

There’s no word on the price of Foldify, but developer Pixle has submitted it to the iTunes App Store and expects it to be released on December 13, 2012. In the meantime you can check out more examples of Foldify creations on its Facebook page.

[Foldify via Daring Fireball]

Cart Notes: You Can Read These Cartridges without Blowing on Them

I think back to the days of my old 8-bit NES console and when games came on cartridges. There were definitely advantages of the medium, in that you never had to worry about scratched discs, and they loaded instantly. On the other hand, the contacts got all dirty and dusty and you either had to blow on them or clean them with an eraser to get them to work sometimes. You won’t have to worry about that with these cartridges, though.

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That’s because all of the data that’s written to Cart Notes is displayed right on the outside, in plain sight. They look just like the old NES carts, but are actually sticky notes.

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Fangamer sells Cart Notes in three-packs for $8(USD), which include orange, green and blue accent colors, and 50 notes per-pack, for a total of 150 sheets of paper. I’m pretty sure that wouldn’t be enough space to write down all of the source code from Duck Hunt, but it is plenty good enough for writing down grocery lists and other reminders.

 

Staples to offer ‘Easy 3D’ printing service, put an end to hackneyed hockey masks

Staples to offer 'Easy 3D' printing service, put an end to hackneyed hockey masks

Just one more robbery and then we can happily retire. But there’s this nagging feeling that our criminal swan song should be more than just another Class B felony — it should be art. That’s why we’re heading over to Staples to collect a 3D printed mask that, for once, reflects how we actually feel inside. It’s easily done: you upload your design files and Staples prints them out using a full-color 506dpi Mcor IRIS printer, ready for you to collect in-store or have delivered. The “Easy 3D” service will handle architectural designs, maps, medical models, replica weapons and anything else that can be made with fragments of paper arranged in 0.1mm layers up to a maximum height of six inches. The only downside is that the service — which is due to start early next year — will initially only be available in Belgium and the Netherlands. But they have banks too, right?

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Intellipaper USB Drive: The Green Flash Drive

If there’s one thing that people tend to toss around a lot, it’s USB flash drives. Since they are getting so small, they can easily be lost. In order to cut down on all that electronic waste, why not get a green USB flash drive, one made out of paper?

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The Intellipaper USB drive isn’t completely made out of paper, but the memory chip is printed on paper, allowing you to mail it, modify it, and cutting down on weight. It also allows for easier recycling. The memory is between 8MB and 32MB, so its aimed at sending around small batches of files, or for things like business or greeting cards, brochures and ads with data embedded into them.

Intellipaper’s USB drive was launched as an Indiegogo project to raise funds for ramping up production. Unfortunately, they’ve only raised about $300 out of a goal of $300,000, so it’s unlikely that this project will ever be made, though I’m keeping my fingers crossed for them. You’ll need to pledge at least $30 to get a box of 10 disposable thumb drives.


Impress Prospective Clients and Employers with Some Star Wars Business Cards

If you fail to make an impression in person, then your next chance at doing so is with your business card. Business cards can make or break what your prospective boss or business partner will think of you. Case in point: who’d want to hire a guy with a sloppy-looking card?

If your line of work requires you to be a geek, then might I suggest getting cards made up like these Star Wars-themed business cards?

Star Wars Business CardsApparently, these were fan-made cards that were popular in the 1980s. Because Star Wars is so awesome, these cards are still making the rounds over twenty years later. Check out the gallery for the full series of cards.

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What character would you want on a business card? Which one is your personal fave?

(Oh, and here’s just the case you need to carry these in.)

[via Jay Mug via Bit Rebels]


Paper or Plastic? Try Neither

San Francisco recently instituted a citywide ban on plastic bags, then started charging a ten-cent fee for the paper bags you have to use instead. The idea is to promote reusable bags, but the law is also designed to rid the city of plastic litter—this would benefit the environment, because paper bags are considered more ecologically friendly. Right? Not quite. More »

Camera Made out of Cardboard, Duct Tape and LEGO Actually Works

Look at this amazing DIY camera. It looks pretty professional, but it is all homemade by Dominique Vankan who wanted to replicate the Autochrome Lumière color photography process developed by the Lumière Brothers back in 1907.

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The process uses dyed grains of potato starch as color filters. But to do this he needed a camera first. Buy one? Screw that. Dominique decided to build his own out of cardboard, duct tape and a few bits of LEGO. The end result is an awesome looking and fully-functional camera that he could take pride in. Here’s an example autochrome photograph taken with the camera:

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I wish I could build my own camera like this. My hat goes off to you Dominique. I hope you have plenty of grain and potato starch.

[Flickr via Make: via Neatorama]


Japan Display shows low-power reflective LCD that does color, video

DNP Japan Display shows lowpower reflective 'paper' display fast enough for video

Seen any color video in your e-reader lately? Us neither, and Japan Display wants to change all that with a new reflective, paper type LCD capable of the feat that burns very little juice, to boot. To pull it off, the prototype uses a so-called light control layer, allowing it to collect rays and bounce them toward your eyes, exactly like plain old analog paper. The consortium developed a low color fidelity version with five percent NTSC coverage and a bright 40 percent reflection, along with a dimmer version carrying a third less reflectivity but a more faithful 36 percent hue gamut. The latter still needs some tweaking, according to Japan Display, but the more reflective version is now good to go for production, meaning it might start popping up in new readers imminently. For more info, check the video after the break.

[Image credit: Diginfo]

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