Why tear down an abandoned church, when you can transform it into a beautiful modern home? The incredibly talented team over at Zecc Architecten “repurposed and converted two abandoned churches located in Utrecht, Netherlands into stylish family residences.” Click here to see more. In related news, continue reading to see how someone lives comfortably in a mere 89-square-foot home.
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Since the MacBook already has “book” in its name, it’s only fitting that there’s a case that actually transforms the laptop into one, right? Meet the BookBook by TwelveSouth. That is just one of the many wins that HackedIRL has rounded up for you this week. Click here to see our favorites. Speaking of wins, continue reading to watch an amazing time-lapse video of earth, shot from the ISS.
A treehouse was probably on your wishlist as a child, but now that many of us have grown older, there’s still nothing wrong with chasing that dream. This modern version was designed and built by architectural firm Baumraum and is located in Munster, Germany on a real private garden. Continue reading for more pictures.
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Whether it be a plane or Lamborghini, people have made just about everything you can think of at home, but trying to extract / show off these creations is another story. Fortunately, all of them remained in one piece. Continue reading to view them all.
Unlike other alarm clocks, the Pin Clock uses 3,000 individual pins to display the time. You read that right, “the minutes click ahead with a sound that evokes the classic flip of the numbers at airports or train stations, combining aural ambience with visual style.” Click here for more pictures. Continue reading for a video preview.
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With all the high-tech gadgetry on the market these days, the one thing that most people overlook are lamps, but these cool and creative designs aim to grab your attention. Starting off, we have a golden Sonic the Hedgehog lamp. Continue reading to see twelve more examples.
There’s nothing more satisfying than building something yourself, and why not gadgets? These interesting tutorials from master gadget hacker KipKay will show you how to build lightercycles (above), plasma cutter from Dead Space 2, and more. Continue reading to see them all.
Most bookcases are boring, these feature designs that think outside the box and just might blow your mind, or at least the creative side of it. First up, we have a design that combines a staircase with bookshelves. Click here to see more. Continue reading to learn how to build a bookcase.
We’re not sure why anyone would want kitchen accessories that were modeled after real human body parts, but that’s exactly what artist Christine Chin has created. These “could potentially be found in Hannibal Lecter’s home; the work is titled ‘Sentient Kitchen’ and is a statement on the convergence of technology and biology.” Click here for more pictures.
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Called “BANG!”, this geeky $336 lamp is controlled with a gun-shaped remote. Simply pull the trigger to turn it on, and do the same for turning it off, complete with tilt-action. Video after the break.
The gun is basically just an infrared remote control, and that black band around the base is the IR receiver – but that doesn’t make it any less cool. As a matter of fact, I’d like a universal remote that looks like this so I can shoot my TV.