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"10 Upcycled Gadgets for Your Home and Office\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Nintendo Controller Desk Mate\n\n\nThis cute creation upcycles an old Nintendo 64 controller into a handy desk mate. Plus, the old D-pad has been converted into a USB extension.\nPrice: $15.99\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Camera Phone Lamp\n\n\nCamera-phone -- get it? Dog Tag Designs creates desk lamps by combining old gadgets into quirky refabs.\nPrice: $325\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. iMac Pet Bed\n\n\nLook, it's an iCat! Etsy seller AtomicAttic converts old iMac monitors into comfy pet beds.\nPrice: $129\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Cassette Table Lamp\n\n\nDon't you love it when something useful doubles as art? RawDezign assembled old cassette tapes into a lamp that emits a subtle glow.\nPrice: \u00A325, about $40\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Floppy Disk Box\n\n\nA simple statement is just as effective.\nPrice: DIY!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Apple Laptop Cover Clock\n\n\nPixelthis manufactured a working clock -- complete with mouse pendulum -- out of an old iBook laptop cover.\nPrice: $69\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. Retro Phone Handset Speakers\n\n\nDesigners Jinsop Lee and Justin Kim have created what they call \"The Dreyfuss Special,\" an old phone handset that has been upcycled into stereo speakers. Plug in your iPhone, iPod, computer, etc. \nPrice: In shops soon\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. The Dockintosh\n\n\nWhile it's not for sale, we had to give major props to Mat Taylor for his \"Dockintosh\" creation, an old Macintosh repurposed as an iPad dock.\nImage courtesy of Mat Taylor\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. Vintage Camera iPhone Charger\n\n\nRoberto Altieri transformed an old 1970s Pentax camera into a stylish iPhone charger.\nPrice: $39\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. Vinyl Record Coasters\n\n\nCheck out these vintage-fab coasters, which are made out of upcycled vinyl records.\nPrice: $20\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nToday's tech culture is obsessed with mashups. So, why not have a little mashup fun with your gadgets, too? \nCheck out these 10 gadgets which have been repurposed as modern home and office accessories. Need a table lamp made out of cassettes? How about an iPhone charger made out of an old camera? \n\n\nSEE ALSO: 10 Classic Gadgets Upcycled Into Fashion Accessories\n\nWhat two (or three) gadgets would you combine to make the perfect accessory? Let us know in the comments!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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