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World's tallest shipping container building planned for London

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118 VR will be taller than the current world's tallest shipping container building, the Freitag Store ...

Planning permission was recently granted for a new shipping container-based office building in London, UK. Assuming all goes to plan, it’ll rise to a height of 26 m (85 ft), making it the world’s tallest shipping container-based building once complete. The project will also boast some sustainable additions, including solar power.

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Possibly the Most Up-Cycled, Hacked E-Bike You’ll See All Week

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When it comes to bringing an idea to life it’s best to have both a sense of purpose, and an eagerness to apply whatever is on hand in order to get results. YouTube’s favorite Ukrainians [KREOSAN] are chock full of both in their journey to create this incredible DIY e-bike using an angle grinder with a friction interface to the rear wheel, and a horrifying battery pack made of cells salvaged from what the subtitles describe as “defective smartphone charging cases”.

What’s great to see is the methodical approach taken to creating the bike. [KREOSAN] began with an experiment consisting …read more

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Line Follower has Lots of recycled Parts, but Zero Brains

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Line Followers are a tried-and-true type of robot; both hardware and software need to be doing their job in harmony in order to be successful at a clearly defined physical task. But robots don’t always have microcontrollers and software, as [Mati_DIY]’s zero programming analog line follower demonstrates.

For readers used to seeing a Raspberry Pi or Arduino in almost everything, an analog robot whose “programming” exists only as a harmony between its discrete parts can be an eye-opener as well as an accessible project. A video of the robot in action is embedded below.

[Mati_DIY]’s design uses two CNY70 reflective …read more

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