All the parts to look like a fancy case mod, without as much work. Clear cases, light-up keyboards, various parts to put lights in and on your computer, plus tools and parts to do case mods, including PC quieting.
A "foundry in every kitchen". Special crucible construction techniques to make microwave smelting and casting workable. An all in one crucible and mold is made, the metal is melted in a very slightly modified (masking tape over vent holes) microwave, about 17 minutes for a third of a kilo of silver, then the crucible/mold is inverted to make the casting. Clever and appealing.
dead link: http://home.c2i.net/metaphor/mvpage.html
Modular origami of a sort. Twenty bills folded in two groups to make a wallet for holding more money. With instructions in a wordless form eerily reminescent of Ikea assembly manuals.
Optical toys (some too delicate for children) invented or popularized in the nineteenth century. From the magic lantern to the kinora, twelve exhibits at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.
dead link: http://courses.ncssm.edu/gallery/collections/toys/opticaltoys.htm
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