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Epilog Challenge Winners

Instructables and Epilog Laser are happy to announce the winners of the Epilog Challenge! We asked you to show us something amazing with a green twist and the response was huge! There were so many great ideas among the 478 Instructables entered, but one in particular stood out among the rest.

The grand prize winner is user daniel_reetz, for his Instructable DIY High-Speed Book Scanner from Trash and Cheap Cameras. His Instructable carefully describes a process for making a cheap and effective book scanner. With lots of clearly labeled photos and a great video to describe the process, daniel_reetz's entry is an outstanding example of what an Instructable can be.

So congratulations to daniel_reetz and everyone else who entered the contest! It's awesome to see all the wonderful ideas generated for the Epilog Challenge. We hope they inspire some great new ideas, and wish everyone the best of luck on future projects!


DIY High-Speed Book Scanner from Trash and Cheap Cameras by daniel_reetz


Mechanical expanding cardboard lamp - This way up! by Euphy



Desktop energy seed lamp by robomaniac


Wind powered Composter - The Green Twist , Exactly by kdunner



Addressable Milk Bottles (LED Lighting + Arduino) by Nachimir


Build a foundry and sand-cast aluminum. by Fenris The bbw



Press Aluminum Cans into Ceiling and Wall Tiles by robbtoberfest


aNtistic design by somebullcrap



Solar DS "Light" Redone and Improved by dark sponge


RC Nerf Tank by travis7s



Charge Your Cellphone Using Wasted Heat (and Build a Stea… by splitreaction


Cardapult the Business Card Catapult by clide



Recycled 55 Gallon Barrel Chair by Monkeybrad


Steampunk Segway ( Legway ) by bdring



down and dirty screenprinting for under 10$ by woodenshoespress


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May 29, 2009. 2:00 PMFenris The bbw says:
Already working on the instructable for next years Epilog challenge.
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May 22, 2009. 3:05 PMamakerguy says:
GREAT job to all the winners!! I tried to enter mine at the last minute and I got the email saying mine got entered but I did not see it in the contest entries or on my recognition section on my account page. :-( but great winners!!! :-)
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May 29, 2009. 1:49 PMFenris The bbw says:
That's what happened to me. Mine eventually got on there though.
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May 21, 2009. 7:16 PMcd41 says:
Congrats you Earth saving weirdos... who thinks of a steampunk segway? or an expanding cardboard lamp
May 24, 2009. 10:04 PMDefault117 says:
lol
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May 22, 2009. 10:00 AMPlasmana says:
I quite agree with you, Earth is fine and will be fine no matter how much damage we do to her, we are really trying to save our own skins - from getting hot or wet, lol.
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Oct 28, 2009. 12:22 PMYerboogieman says:
Exactly.
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May 22, 2009. 6:14 PMOwenmon says:
I agree, too too. =p
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May 24, 2009. 2:26 PMPlasmana says:
:-)
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May 25, 2009. 5:51 PMcutting Matt says:
though how much damage have we really caused? we might be trying to save ourselves from our wasteful habits (like buying junk)
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May 26, 2009. 3:38 AMPlasmana says:
The damage we had done to Earth is... Very little.

Earth is experiencing a dramatic change for an entirely different reason, Earth is changing it's poles around, thus earth's magnetic shield is decreasing, letting in more space radiation causing many changes.

We do not know why and how is this happening, and most people don't like to think about it, so the government say the changes are being caused by us. NO! You will be surprised how little carbon dioxide they are in the atmosphere, practically none.

That is the truth. This will probably get classified as "a lie", becasue the government always seem to have backup word for their own lies.
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Mar 7, 2011. 3:57 PMbricabracwizard says:
True, but we do need to take responsibility for the crap we leave everywhere that is not biodegradable and affects peoples lives by poisoning third world countries.
Oct 18, 2010. 12:54 PMgeekman101 says:
and co2 is heavier than air anyway so i does not float into the atmosphere.
Jan 19, 2010. 1:01 PMcount jamez says:
The problem is, we say we don't believe in global warming from man, and then they say that we don't believe in the earth getting warmer

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Jan 21, 2010. 6:05 PMcutting Matt says:
I'm not entirely sure that I understand what you were getting at, though I could argue the same point for pro-global-warming people. When the temperature is warmer than average, it's "Global Warming is upon us! The end is nigh unless we invest in green stuff!" But when the temperatures are cooler, it's "You've destabilized the climate because of Global Warming! The end is nigh unless we invest in green technology!" Most people will say that this is because the science isn't settled, although they will rapidly assure you that the science is most definitely settled about weather Global Warming exists.
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May 27, 2009. 5:01 PMcutting Matt says:
ya. the figures are something like an increase of 0.0128%, resulting in an increase in the absorbtion of the suns rays of 0.0068%. the poles had reversed themselves a couple of times in the past. it is totally natural. though, with fanatics equating not believing in Al Gore to killing 1000 people, i'm not quite sure how global warming survives.
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May 26, 2009. 4:41 PMEl Mano says:
"I quite agree with you, Earth is fine and will be fine no matter how much damage we do to her"? Earth may survive its human infestation, and maybe the cockroaches will too, but can humanity? Though I believe Global Warming is a bit over-dramatized, we should try to avoid poisoning our home with toxins, heavy metals, and battery acid.
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May 27, 2009. 5:04 PMcutting Matt says:
of course. we pollute, we put toxins, we destroy stuff. not a lot, but we do. when i asked my green club leader if he believed in global warming, he said yes, not because he believed the planet was heating up, because believing the planet was heating up would solve many other problems, like pollution.
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May 27, 2009. 7:20 PMEl Mano says:
That's an interesting way of looking at it. Whether GW exists or not, believe in it to get yourself to recycle and stuff.
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May 28, 2009. 10:12 AMOwenmon says:
Hahahahahaha. "Recycling". *chuckles*
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Jun 1, 2009. 2:10 PMcutting Matt says:
first you reduce (don't buy useless stuff) then you reuse (what else can i do with this) then, as a last ditch atempt to save, you recycle. What's the problem with reduce? our economy would collapse Whats the problem for reuse? its cheaper to buy a new microwave for 75$ than to fix it for double that. what is the problem with recycling? there is no market for it. nobody wants it.
Apr 15, 2010. 4:33 PMcount jamez says:
Good way of putting it.
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Apr 15, 2010. 6:34 PMOwenmon says:
Quite old topic, am I wrong?
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May 24, 2009. 7:57 PMCybergothiChe says:
Go the Legway!
May 23, 2009. 3:54 PMleepinlarr says:
i look at some of this stuff and many times have to say, Brilliant !!! although not sure when i will need a nerf tank , but coooool none the less ! bravo !
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May 21, 2009. 4:50 AMPlasmana says:
Congrats to all winners! And for the losers, you did a great job to!
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May 21, 2009. 7:17 PMcd41 says:
Apparently not that good....
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May 22, 2009. 9:57 AMPlasmana says:
What is not good?
May 21, 2009. 3:11 PM___ says:
The recycled jet engine should have placed.
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May 20, 2009. 1:14 AMsolo.card says:
I disagree that the "aNtistic design" is particularly green.... First smashing an ants nest to pieces for the sake of a table, then pouring molten metal onto them?!
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May 21, 2009. 2:57 PMsomebullcrap says:
i used imported red fire ants which are not native to the US and have cause native ground nesting birds to decline .to put more simply they are a pest (all of this was pointed out in my instructable)
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May 20, 2009. 2:19 PMcanida says:
Please inspect the great re-use of cans.
May 21, 2009. 2:32 PMextrordinary1 says:
Congrats to all who participated win or lose. It was a very educational experience for me that took me down memory lane, and also inspired a lot of new designs I want to build. Great job everyone.
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May 21, 2009. 4:30 AMPaHalloweenFreak says:
Congratulations to all the winners!!
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May 20, 2009. 6:14 PMdark sponge says:
Were the winners supposed to get an email or something? I haven't been recieving the instructables emails lately and there might be a problem....
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May 19, 2009. 10:27 PMHonus says:
Congrats all! There were some really fantastic entries!
May 19, 2009. 6:59 PMkenshin5150 says:
legway is my fav !
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May 19, 2009. 5:51 PMfozzy13 says:
I am completely and totally jelous, but congratulations! : )
May 19, 2009. 1:57 PMPainkilla05 says:
What an awesome prize. Congrats to all winners!
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May 19, 2009. 12:48 PMT3h_Muffinator says:
Congrats everyone! The top few were incredibly novel/innovative ideas. Keep it up!
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