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Make a clock that uses your photos for each hour! Pretty clever, eh?
We’ll show you how to make your own step by step. Also awesome: an Instax wall clock.
My Fair Lady: Fashion and Beauty Lessons from Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn has countless photographs that flaunt her classic style and timeless beauty, and we can only wish to look as immaculate every day. Here are some rare photos of the glamorous Hollywood star and her most iconic sartorial looks, plus the beauty secrets she told her own children.
Bringing light where there is no power - using coke bottles, water & bleach
In a great piece of sustainable design, a Philippines charity is installing power-free “lightbulbs” made of empty Coke bottles across the shanty towns of Manilla.
The plastic litre bottles are filled with a mix of water and bleach, then stuck in the tin roof of these off-the-grid homes. They provide the light equivalent of a 60 watt bulb, and last for five years before the water needs replacing.
You can see a video about the idea here. Thanks to Fast Company for the story - we read it first here.