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Mash-Up Contest Winners Announced

Instructables and ReadyMade magazine are happy to announce the winners of the Mash-Up Contest!

We judged from among the over 180 entries, with an amazing variety of mash-ups. Clearly, almost anything can be repurposed with some skill and imagination!

ReadyMade and Instructables are happy to salute that innovative spirit, and award some cool prizes.


Grand Prize!

Winner of a Coby Personal Media Player 4.3" widescreen with video recording and SD card slot, a $250 Michael's Gift Card, and an Instructables robot t-shirt.

Stool made from bike parts and crutches by zieak


First Prize - These two First Prize winners will each receive a sewing machine (a Janome HeartTruth sewing machine or a Singer sewing machine) and an Instructables robot t-shirt.

Super iPod by sun

USB Cooling Fan
(from a broken drive) by BlindSight

Second Prize - These ten Second Prize winners will each receive a VPX Black & Decker tool set and an Instructables robot t-shirt. Winners shown in alphabetical order.

The Apple Remote Watch Blu-Ray Laser Phaser! Boom Bag Gas Powered Shredder How To Make A Dressy Hoodie

Light Up Top Lightshow

 Make:NYC Badge Contest entry NES ZAPPER!!! Pole Saw to Gutter Rake Conversion Time Warp


Since the Mash-Up Contest was limited to US entries, these otherwise awesome projects weren't eligible; we'll try to do something nice for the authors. Check out their great ideas!
How to build a wood fired hot tub
Make a digital clock from an old B&W laptop
Toilet paper roll - lamp
CAFFEINE BOOST YOUR HOME WIFI
Air Canada Sound Pillow
Network Cards Notebook

Voting was done by staff at Instructables and ReadyMade magazine. Winners will be contacted via Instructables private message with prize claim instructions.

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Dec 10, 2007. 6:20 PMWeissensteinburg says:
I never saw that seat...awesome! Congrats, everyone!
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Dec 11, 2007. 4:14 AMBrennn10 says:
I know, same here! That is hands down an awesome Mash-Up!
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Dec 16, 2007. 12:00 AMzieak says:
Thank you. I had the idea rumbling around for a while and this contest finally got me in gear to make it. Originally i had thought of making an end table using wooden crutches for legs.
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Dec 11, 2007. 6:22 PMT3h_Muffinator says:
Congrats everyone!

HECK YEAH, ZIEAK! WAY TO GO!
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Dec 15, 2007. 11:58 PMzieak says:
Thank you!
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Dec 10, 2007. 3:24 PMBrennn10 says:
Congrats to all the winners!! I was hoping to win a prize, but there were so many great Instructables!! Congrats everyone!
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Dec 10, 2007. 5:03 PMGoodhart says:
:-) I was hoping to get things together here well enough just to get something put together....much less consider winning. :-) Lots of great stuff everyone !
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Dec 10, 2007. 6:26 PMkruser495 says:
that sentence didnt make sense
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Dec 10, 2007. 8:43 PMGoodhart says:

LOL

You got me.....I didn't re-read it when I wrote that....oy vey !
I meant I need to get things cleaned up and cleared away so I can work in my work station, and put something together for my first instructable. *sigh*
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Dec 11, 2007. 7:34 AMkruser495 says:
lol. i was reading that sentence 6 times over and i still didnt know what it meant. LOL
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Dec 11, 2007. 7:40 AMGoodhart says:
That's ok, I re-read it myself and

I=

didn't know what it meant LOL
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Dec 11, 2007. 4:12 AMBrennn10 says:
Cmon Goodhart, you can do it!
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Dec 11, 2007. 7:41 AMGoodhart says:
As soon as I can move my wife's junk somewhere else
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Dec 10, 2007. 8:08 PMKipkay says:
WOW! Very cool! I've enjoyed adding to the world of Instructables. Thanks for giving me a Second Prize! Big congrats to zieak!
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Dec 11, 2007. 7:35 AMkruser495 says:
nice job!
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Dec 11, 2007. 7:34 AMkruser495 says:
havent you made 75000 dollars on metacafe.com. man, you are lucky.
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Dec 10, 2007. 9:23 PMbabblin5 says:
Holy crap! Now we can duel with cordless drills...lol! Thanks for the prize, and HUGE props to Sun and Blindsight! 8D
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Dec 10, 2007. 8:37 PMsun says:
Thank you! I got the first prize! Wow!
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Dec 10, 2007. 5:37 PMLMO says:
Great mashing everyone! Good job and congratulations to all - this was fun!
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Dec 10, 2007. 5:16 PMaintMichael says:
Super cool! Thanks! GREAT JOB EVERYONE! MORE EXCLAMATIONS!!!!! Weeeeee!!!!!!!!!
Dec 10, 2007. 5:11 PMits a lion says:
congrats everyone.
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Dec 10, 2007. 3:19 PMBlindSight says:
<3 thank you

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