By Herman Lai, posted Dec 29, 2012 at 12:07 PM, 94 views, 2012?s Top 10: China?s Most Popular DIY Projects Of The Year
This is our first year of creating a round up post to share our favorite Do-It-Yourself stories. A lot amazing DIY projects were seen from China this year, such as the homemade Lamborghini from villagers and the mini submarine. We also had a touching story on how a Chinese old man build himself a pair of bionic arms after losing both of his hands in an explosion. So, here we go, the top ten list of the most popular DIY project of 2012!
1. Turn Old Hard Disk Into Candy Floss Machine
What else could you do with a hard disk except storing and retrieving data? A Chinese engineer has an answer for it ? turn it to be a candy floss machine. Other than a working hard disk, this creation also needs components like a round flat metal tin, six bicycle spokes, an aluminum can and a plastic basin in order to get it running. The key to the improvised cotton candy maker is the hard drive?s rotating platter. Most commercial cotton candy machines spin at around 3,450 rotations per minute, while modern hard drives operate at 5,400 rotations per minute or higher.
2. A Motorized Iron Man Helmet With Glowing Eyes
A year after the ZTE employee invented an ultra-realistic Iron Man Mark I suit with LED bulbs, he bought us an awesomely cool Iron Man Mark III?s helmet with motorized faceplate and a pair of glowing eyes this year. The maker also managed to make a video sharing how he mould, sculpt, colorize, polish and compose the faceplate. Take a look at it above.
3. Plastic Surgery For Old iPhone 4/4S
Plastic surgery is not barely for humans. It also applies on our iPhone as well, thanks to this Chinese dude. He posted a detail tutorial on the internet to show how he breaks and reconstructs his iPhone in six steps to change it looks like Motorola XT390. I guess the outcome does not have to be Motorola XT390, it just depends how you want it.
4. Homemade Lamborghini To Deliver Fertilizer
Many of us dream of owning our very own supercar, so do this young villager in Suqian of East China?s Jiangsu Province. He has showed the world how to make it a reality after spending 60,000 yuan (US$9,445) to construct this life-size replica model of the classic ?1million Lamborghini. The Chinese replica was constructed from sheets of metal and engine parts recycled from an old Nissan van and Volkswagen sedan. It?s fully operational and can reach a top speed of 160mph. He usually drives this unique vehicle through his village to carry chemical fertilizer during the harvest season, and that?s his goal.
5. Chinese Man Builds Himself Bionic Hands After Losing Both
Nearly a decade ago, a 51-year-old Chinese man who named Sun Jifa lost both hands when he was building a bomb for blast fishing. Sun desperately needed the use of his hands to work on the family farm. So instead of feeling discouraged when he realized he couldn?t afford the hospital?s prosthetic limbs, he built his own bionic arms. With 8 years rigorous efforts, he finally developed a working model that allows him to grip, hold, and mimic other necessary movements thanks to a system of pulleys and wires inside the shell. Sun also decided to improve the design and built it for other similarly disabled people. We respect this man, and admire his will and tenacity.
6. Laid-off Chinese Factory Worker Builds A Mini Submarine For Sale
A Chinese worker from Central China has begun to build a submarine in a makeshift workshop since being laid off from a textile machine factory job years ago. The man has spent roughly three million yuan (US$400 thousand) to get this business running, and it now has over 10 workers in his factory assembling mini submarines that can do simple underwater work, such as grabbing and lifting, emergency oxygen reserves as well as an underwater video camera for monitoring. Each sub can fit two people, capable of dive up to 30 meteres and travels at a speed of 20 km/h for 10 hours. Due to the lack of fund, the factory can only build one unit each month. The price for the DIY built submarine is at 200,000 yuan (US$31,621) each, and he has already received three orders this year.
7. Chinese Farmer Made His Own Tsunami Proof Survival Pods
We now all know the ancient Mayan-predicted apocalypse was not true, we?re still alive, and we don?t need this Noah?s Ark yet. But still, natural disasters will not come to an end. A former Chinese farmer and furniture maker made an anti-disaster sphere, and obviously, it?s designed to withstand devastating earthquake and towering tsunamis. It is made by fiberglass casing over a stell frame and other elements with a total cost of US$280,000. The survival pods are equipped with oxygen tanks, food and water supplies and it?s able to carry 14 people at a time. Will we see this kind of pods place around the global to protect us from natural disaster in the future?
8. This Water-Propelled Jetpack Is What You Need For Your Next Summer Holiday
Man?s fascination with finding new ways to travel on the open ocean never ceases to end. A father and son, living in Haining city, Zhejiang province, have invented a water-propelled jetpack that is little closer to the dream of flying hovercrafts. The contraption operates by using basic Newton principles, sucking water through a hose which then propels the rider onwards and upwards at a distance of 30m. Cool stuffs, huh?
9. Chinese Stretched Limo, But For a Totally Different Purpose
If you have been to a ball, function or other special occasions, you probably have an idea of what Limo is. Some migrant workers over in China made something similar to a Limo but for a different purpose. The creation was made to transport an electricity pole from one place to another without hiring a truck. As showed in the video, they attached the motor of a tractor to one end of the pole, and lay it across a modified three-wheel wagon-bed that allow to seat for ten people. Insane.
10. Sofa Car
Alright. Here?s the finally one and probably the most stupid and funny one ? a man with a moving sofa on the road in China. Do you like this idea? Maybe you can build a longer one with your couch, so it can drive all your family members on a comfortable road trip.
Other popular nominees are listed below:
1. Chinese Farmer Builds DIY ?Wind-Powered? Electric Car
2. Chinese Homemade Autobot That Can Transform Like Transformers
3. A DIY Washing Machine That Clean Your Underwear In 40 Seconds
4. DIY-Made Auto Street Sweeper Equips With Rotating Brooms
5. How A Chinese Farmer Builds His Own Airplane Which Cannot Fly
This is our first year of bring lots of Do-It-Yourself news to share with you guys, and these are some of our top picks. Hope you like it and we will continue to bring you more interesting DIY projects in 2013! Did any of them above inspire you? We?re waiting for your comments.
Been under a rock? See what else happened this year in our Best of 2012 series. Meanwhile, feel free to look back our Best of 2011 series.
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