5 ways to reuse your old CDs

What to do with the old CD Roms now supplanted by external sticks and hard drives? Here are 5 original ideas to reuse them.

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Too often office supplies become no longer used, but waste with a little creativity it is possible to obtain something truly original and elegant. You will surely have noticed that since USB sticks, external hard drives and online archives, as storage systems, have become commonplace, CDs have almost gone into oblivion, given that both physical size and capacity (700 Mb compared to the various Giga dielle Usb pens), have been outclassed by the styluses which, in the meantime, have become a real must, given the various shapes and colors with which they are produced.

But then than to make old CD-Roms intended for the trash can at home or in the office? After giving you the solution for recycle vinyls e DVD, today we show you 5 nice and easy to realize ideas for re-use these media in a creative way.

Station to recharge the iPhone

Incredible but true, 12 CDs are enough, a handyman drill with the cutting tool applied, glue and a USB cable. Appropriately glued together, and by passing the USB cable through the central hole created with the drill, the CDs will form a base to recharge your iPhone.

Solar cooker

Do you want cooking using only solar energy? Here is ... the recipe for making the stove. You need an old satellite dish, preferably old because they are bigger than the current ones, and a good quantity of CDs. Place the CDs in such a way as to direct the light (and therefore the heat of the sun) towards the central spot, here place your grill and that's it! But once we have said that it can be done, we advise against doing it ... The temperature can go up to 800 degrees!

Personalized plate for the bike

No science fiction. Just stick a CD under the seat of your bicycle, on which you can stick a label with a personalized message.

USB lamp

To do this, you just need a USB cable, some notion of welding and watch the video that explains step by step how to do it!

And against the great heat could not miss ... the CD fan

Cut a CD into wedges, heat the central part on a candle to make it more mobile, thus creating the blades of your fan. Pierce a cork and insert it into the center hole of the CD. Finally connect everything electrically subsequently with the USB cable.

How to Make a USB Fan

As they say ... Nothing is created, nothing is destroyed, everything is transformed!