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		<title>Shovel&#8230;guitar?</title>
		<link>http://hackaday.com/2010/09/04/shovel-guitar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jakob Griffith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We didn&#8217;t believe this hack at all when we saw it, or rather heard it. Surly a guitar made out of a shovel couldn&#8217;t sound decent. But the video (after the jump, skip to 2:40 for the jam) to our untrained ears sounded pretty rad. Could be the supremely well done wood work, proper use [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hackaday.com&amp;blog=4779443&amp;post=27967&amp;subd=hackadaycom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>We didn&#8217;t believe this hack at all when we saw it, or rather heard it. Surly a <a href="http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/09/01/the-awesome-guitar-made-out-of-a-shovel/#more-17380">guitar made out of a shovel</a> couldn&#8217;t sound decent. But the video (after the jump, skip to 2:40 for the jam) to our untrained ears sounded pretty rad. Could be the supremely well done wood work, proper use of tools, high tech pickups, or maybe Russian magic, we don&#8217;t know.</p>
<p>In fact, if you continue the video it doesn&#8217;t stop there. The creators also made a 2 string bass and a few other instruments from shovels. Do I smell a new shovel hero?</p>
<p>Related: Guitars made out of things that <a href="http://hackaday.com/2009/10/15/nes-guitar/">should not be guitars</a>.</p>
<p>[Thanks Paul]</p>
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			<media:title type="html">Jakob Griffith</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">I was tempted to leave a note about how the video starts off with yelling and cursing and pretty much doesn&#039;t stop. But then I thought, what if he was just speaking normal Russian? I wouldn&#039;t want to offend.</media:title>
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		<title>DIY kidney machine saves girl</title>
		<link>http://hackaday.com/2008/08/05/diy-kidney-machine-saves-girl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Harris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the tool you need doesn&#8217;t exist, you must make one. That&#8217;s exactly what [Dr. Malcolm Coulthard] and kidney nurse [Jean Crosier] from Newcastle&#8217;s Royal Victoria Infirmary did two years ago. When a baby too small for the regular dialysis machine (similar to the one pictured above) needed help after her kidneys failed, the kind [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hackaday.com&amp;blog=4779443&amp;post=2397&amp;subd=hackadaycom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="450" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="220" border="0" src="http://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/kidney-machine2.jpg?w=450&#038;h=220" alt="" /><br />When the tool you need doesn&#8217;t exist, you must make one. That&#8217;s exactly what [Dr. Malcolm Coulthard] and kidney nurse [Jean Crosier] from Newcastle&#8217;s Royal Victoria Infirmary did two years ago.</p>
<p>When a baby too small for the regular dialysis machine (similar to the one pictured above) needed help after her kidneys failed, the kind doctor designed and built a <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7542404.stm">smaller version of the machine</a> in his garage, then used it to save six-pound baby Millie Kelly&#8217;s life. Since then the machine has continued to be used in similar emergency situations. </p>
<p><span>[Photo: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/nomadicentrepreneur/2369307700/">NomadicEntrepreneur</a>]</span></p>
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			<media:title type="html">Adam Harris</media:title>
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