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Tinker Thoughts | May 2016

May 20, 2016

I skipped a couple of Tinker mails, sorry, I was going through a couple of confusing weeks of me thinking over and over about why I am doing what I am doing.

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In Tinker Thoughts Tags Tinker Friday, thoughts
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What's Inside My Euro Profile Lock?

May 5, 2016

This week I chose a lock because I got bored from opening ewaste, electronics is not something I comprehend, I like to see how all pieces come together, but examining PCBs is not something I enjoy at all. And a lock is an extremely interesting “puzzle” product.

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In How It Works Tags lock, product, design, waste, egypt, cairo, Tinker Friday, Stop motion, animation
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What's Inside My Compact Fluorescent Lamp?

April 28, 2016

Since it was earth day/hour last week I went for a bulb, a compact fluorescent lamp to be exact. I read somewhere before that these bulbs have Mercury gas inside, so before opening anything I did a bit of research on how to avoid getting poisoned. Curiosity did kill a cat, and I didn’t want to be next.

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In How It Works Tags bulb, cfl, fluorescent, product, design, waste, stop motion, cairo, egypt, recycling, mercury
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What's Inside My Pen?

April 21, 2016

My lil sister has been doing some career consulting before choosing a university to enroll to and last week she asked me the famous Pen Interview question 'What would you do with a pen other than writing?' And all of a sudden I see this question popping everywhere! Hence...

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In How It Works Tags pen, product, Egypt, waste, snake, upcycled, Stop motion, animation, art, Tinker Friday, cairo
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What's Inside My Fake Quartz Watch?

April 14, 2016

This week I picked a watch and was totally excited, because to me watches equal gears! And gears are my true Love.

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In How It Works Tags product, design, ewaste, Tinker Friday, upcycled, art, Quartz, watch, Game of Thrones, Stop motion, cairo, Egypt
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