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Cardboard Helicopter
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If castles, life size cutouts and bass guitars aren't you're thing ... maybe a helicopter made out of cardboard would suit your fancy. The real purpose is as a disposable air-drop box, designed to safely drop cargo from a plane. They even have a video showing the concept in action.
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Cardboard Furniture
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This site contains a collection of free cardboard furniture for children that can by built by you. They provide downloadable patterns that you can print on your printer ... along with appropriate instructions for assembling the specific item. No need to worry about the kids writing on this furniture.
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Laptop Case made of Cardboard
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Someday they may actually come up with a way to build the laptop itself from cardboard ... but until then you'll have to settle for this ... a laptop case made out of corrugated cardboard. It even looks good.
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Stereo Amp made of cardboard
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This thing isn't going to win any awards for it's appearance ... and who knows how well it actually sounds ... but someone went to enough trouble to actually build this thing ... and it looks like it might actually work.
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Cardboard Boomerangs
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Have you ever tried to use a boomerang? Here's some plans for making an origami boomerang out of cardboard. Not sure if it will actually fly ... or for that matter ... make it's way back to you ... but it will look like one nonetheless.
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Carboard Horn
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The concept here is a bit technical and difficult to explain here ... but here's some plans for an antenna made out of cardboard that can be used to increase the sensitivity for the 802.11b wireless protocol. It has all the detail ... including the math behind how it works.
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Folding Chair made from Cardboard
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Here's some more interesting designs for a cardboard (or other material) chair. The images on the site appear to represent entries in a design contest ... with the appropriate details about the designer listed.
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Caskets made of Cardboard
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Yes ... you read that right ... Caskets made of cardboard. So I know what you're thinking ... who would use a cardboard casket ... and why? I doubt the person in the casket really cares at that point ... it's really going to be about everyone else ... and how they feel about their loved ones being layed to rest in a cardboard box. There are actually some reasonable situations where this makes sense. You'll have to visit the site to figure out what these may be.
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Blog w/ some type of cardboard theme
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This is a blog covering what appears to be a wide variety of topics. Music, film, motorcylces, pop culture, art all co-existing in one place. It would best to visit for yourself to see what it might mean to you.
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Blog w/ a Cardboard Theme (in name only)
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Here's an online ezine that seems to focus on art and design. Lots of interesting stuff here although the cardboard theme seems to be in name only.
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Used Cardboard Boxes (that's right ... used)
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Who uses a used cardboard box? This is one of the great things about cardboard ... if you haven't yet noticed this from the other items on this page. This material is versatile ... and it's environmentally conscious to think of re-using materials. These guys sell cardboard containers ... and they claim to the 'North Americas cheapest, easiest, and most earth-friendly way to get boxes forpacking, moving, shipping and storage'.
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Total Cardboard Publishing
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Here's an interesting site. The landing page begins with an unusual concept and design. They refer to themselves as 'a small and furtive press that has been in operation since about 2003'. They have some published works listed on the site ... and if you're a budding author ... they may be able to help you get published. Bring your own cardboard.
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Cardboard Citizens - Homeless people's theatre company
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I suppose the take is off of the fact that homeless often use cardbaord boxes as shelter. Claims to be the UK's only homeless people's professional theater company. Seems like a strange idea ... but kudos to them for reaching out to others less fortunate.
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Cardboard Meat in China (cardboard as food)
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Those wild and crazy chinese are at it again. First it's paper and gunpower ... not it's cardboard food. Meat buns made of cardboard ... and the expectation is that they're made of meat ... except they're not ... at least 60% of them aren't .... they're made with cardboard.
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Rivets for Cardboard boxes
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Yes, I said rivets. They can be used to hold together cardboard pieces that you're trying to use to build something else. I wonder if the homeless know about these.
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Carboard Tube Dueling
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Not much here other than a pic and a byline describing a group of people fighting each other in historical style with cardboard tubes ... like those found at the center of a roll of carpet.
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Dell Computer's modified cardboard boxes for combined shipping
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It's not that strange but obviously Dell thought it was ... like they think about all there other processes and systems.
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Another Feminine Hygiene Solicitation (wherever you may go)
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Can't seem to get away from some solicitation for feminine hygiene products ... even when looking for whacky uses of cardboard. Obviously women have no clue about feminine hygiene, advances in the field seem to outpace the output of NASA, and there's apparently a huge profit margin since they must be the third of fourth largest advertiser in the us.
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| Cardboard Art |
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Cardboard Spaceship - Art & Toy Gallery
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This site sells a variet of unusual items in the apparel, artwork, toy, jewlery, and media categories. Don't forget to look for the 'Axis of Evil War Criminal Edition'. Some may not agree with all who have been included.
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Cardboard Frames
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That's what it says ... cardboard frames ... like for pictures and art. They make both the frames you would use to hang a piece of art, and the containers that might be used to tranport/ship the artwork. It's promoted as an all-in-one framing and shipping system.
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Cardboard used in artistic expression
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A chair made out of cardboard ... really! Frank Gehry is an accomplished artist and has used cardboard on some of his projects as his medium. There used to be an image of his cardboard chair on the site ... now there's just a description of his work within the museum.
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Art & Drawing on Cardboard
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Here you can preview a variety of art on cardboard. Some very interesting and creative ideas using cardbaord to convey a message.
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A Cardboard Butterfly
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As if you haven't seen enough already of the many things people do with cardboard. Here's one more ... a butterfly ... with top and bottom views ... very nicely done. And it's from none other than Walt Whitman's notebooks from the late 19th century.
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Crazy Designs w/ Cardboard
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Here's a sound room made from cardboard. A few cool images showing the unique shapes and forms possible with this universal material. Spend some time looking around the rest of the site ... they have many cool things to check out.
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| Baseball Card Sites |
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Vintage Cardboard ... collector's baseball cards
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This site specializes in collectibles and sports memorabilia. A great site for collectors of old baseball and vintage sports collectibles. A latest look at the site appears to indicate some of the functionality for selling and auctions has been suspended temporarily.
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Cardboard Gods ... vintage baseball cards
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A blog type site dedicated to the sport of baseball. Commentary and reader responses are listed on various baseball related subjects.
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Old Cardboard ... vintage baseball cards
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Vintage Baseball card and collectors site. Looks to be everything related to old baseball cards. Also included are card sets by year, card galleries, vintage books, reference data, and a list of links to other vintage info.
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Cardboard Cognition ... Card & Board Games
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Referenced as 'A sourcebook of ideas for educational card and board games'. It's a compilation of games put toghether this list as part of a graduate level class titled 'Exploratory Learning Through Educational Simulation & Games' at San Diego State University between 1991 and 1997.
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Cardboard Warriors
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Home of Boardgaming and Advanced Squad Leader. I'm not really sure exactly what this is even though I've looked at the site trying to identify what's it's all about. Looks to be for those who play these board/strategy like games. A good source of info if you like to play these types of games.
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Cardboard Heros
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Fantasy Minatures (you'll have to look for yourself). Free standing fantasy heroes in PDF. You can create your own army of heroes w/ a computer, printer, and a pair of scissors.
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Wikipedia entry for Cardboard Boxes
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Like you need a description of what a cardboard box is. But for those who do ... here it is. Even this wikipedia entry has references to strange uses of cardboard ... just like I do here.
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The Balemaster - Industrial Balers
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For the man who has everything. You should be your own BaleMaster ... and here's the first steps toward that reality. Balers is not all either ... they also carry shredders, hoggers, fluffers, and perforators.
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Cardboard Baler
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For the man who has too much cardboard! Move it around ... plug it in ... feed it some cardboard ... it spits out bales. If only the cows would eat it.
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| Paper Suppliers |
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Paper & Cardboard Supplier
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Looks like they could fill any of your cardboard needs. They sell fine paper and mat material for art, illustration, and framing purposes.
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Paper Mart
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As they like to say ... "The largest and most complete packaging store on the web". You need to package something ... they got your wrapper.
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Cardboard Records
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As in music ... records ... cds ... mp3 downloads. If you have some talent ... and that talent manifests itself in the musical form ... maybe these guys can make you famous. Samples of some of the artists they represent are on the site.
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The Card Board
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The CardBoard is a community of devoted fans of the Stanford Cardinal and their guests. This is all about the Stanford sports franchise and has information on all their sport programs.
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