From packages to cereal, most people are familiar with what boxes look like and how they are constructed. These six-sided polyhedrons are a pretty straightforward concept and a woodworking project ...

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And the idea of being able to build new instruments to create it, like this paper-tape programmable music box (YouTube, embedded below), is beyond impressive. The build video hints at more details ...

probably with a large reel of tape, a whirring mechanical punch, and a big box of paper confetti. This one however is different, because it exists in software and produces an SVG file to cut the ...