No need to hit ‘Save’ when you are finished with a sketch or idea and want to move on – simply scroll further along the roll to store your creation in a physical archive.

Safe from power outages and surges, remote hackers and obsolescent operating systems, the Analog Memory Desk was designed and effectively open-sourced by MCAD student Kristen Camara.

Rolled up below but available on demand, thousands of feet of butcher paper  are connected to the legs supporting the surface above. The top, meanwhile, will record anything from scribbles to coffee stains. “1,100 yards of paper will record the lists, the phones numbers you call once, the pixel size of that box on that website, the street name of that business, and the long division you try to remember.”

Licensed Creative Commons, anyone can download the plans and build their own version of this desk. “I’ve come to realize that I’m somewhat obsessed with how we remember the past. This is the latest installment in that series and a more serious attempt at furniture making. There are a hundreds of little things that we don’t try to remember every year or even every week. Does the sum of all these tiny parts produce a new narrative on our lives?”

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When three students invented a waste-free water bottle called Ooho, the internet bubbled with interest. The biological packaging is easy to make at home, and the tinkerers at Inhabitat decided to do it themselves. Luckily for everyone, they also shared the recipe for making the edible water spheres at home.

The recipe calls for ingredients that probably aren’t in every kitchen, but that can be easily found by any determined maker. Sodium alginate and calcium lactate are the most exotic things you’ll need, and they’re both readily available on the internet or in most vitamin stores.

Inhabitat’s how-to video gives some very simple instructions for making the cool little water bubbles. They would make for a fun science experiment or even a unique way to bring along some individual servings of water on a picnic.

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What crafter or DIY geek hasn’t been caught without their toolbox when inspiration strikes? There’s nothing worse than having to delay making or fixing something really great just because you left your gear at home. Brilliant Instructables user =Smart= came up with the perfect solution: make a tiny DIY kit in an Altoids tin that can go (almost) everywhere with you.

Currently the tools in the tin include: a mini craft knife, superglue, a pencil, a notepad, matches and striker, sewing kit, a metal file, a button cell battery, four different colored LEDs, resistors, wire, shrink tubing, 2 crocodile clips, sandpaper, duct tape, electrical tape, mini scissors, a magnet, a screw/nail holder, a tiny saw, 2 zip ties, and a candle.

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