Gadget Freak

With our recent Antiques Roadshow we highlighted Gadget Freak posts with a retro feel.

In a similar vein, here's a roundup with a recycling theme - posts involving the cunnning reuse of otherwise discarded components and elements...

Leading the way is a post about building a clock out of an old hard drive:

Build a clock out of your old hard drive

Getting a charge from broken solar panels

Beauty in eye of the beep holder

Are you up for the Sputnik challenge?

The image for this post, btw, is the WEEE Man. Named after the waste directive, "the WEEE man is made from electrical and electronic waste, such as washing machines, TVs, microwaves, vacuum cleaners and mobile phones," writes www.weeeman.org.

He is intended to represent the amount of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) the average British person throws away in their lifetime - over 3 tonnes per person.