Gizmodo: dollars

Amazing Origami Star Trek, Star Wars Spaceships Make Good Use of Dollars

Kit Eaton — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:45:00 EDT

Spaceships, famous sci-fi ones from Star Trek and Star Wars, made of cunningly folded dollar bills—the Millenium Falcon takes just three dollar bills—and possessing fantastic detail. Enough said. Well, that and the fact it seems a pretty good use for dollar notes nowadays. Check out the gallery below, and more of origamist (?) Won Park's work at the DeviantArt link. [DeviantArt via Dvice]

The $100 iPhone/iPod Touch Stand Made from a Piece of Paper

AddyDugdale — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:51:28 EST

Origami fans—or just people who like money and have a lot of it lying about—might find Enrique Pardo's iPhone accessory interesting. The Swiss photographer and graphic designer folded a $100 bill in all sorts of clever ways and turned it into a stand for either jesusPhone or iPod Touch. How-to video is after the jump, plus a quick Q&A session with Enrique.

Gizmodo: Hey Enrique, how did the idea come about?
Enrique Pardo: I made the stand because I had thrown away the little plastic stand that came with my iPod touch. I was taking the train to Paris and spent 3 hours thinking of how I could make my iPod stand to watch a movie."

G: Euros or dollars?
EP: My first stand "cost" 20 euro in fact.

G: So why did you make one using a $100 bill rather than a $1 bill?
EP: I made the video with a $100 bill just as a joke to say: here's what to do with your $100 Apple rebate for the iPhone—that doesn't come with a stand!

G: And finally, what denomination would you use to make a Zune stand?
EP: Concerning the Zune, I have never held one so I can't tell you if this stand would work but if ever I had the chance I'd try to tweak the origami to make a Zune version—why not?

G: Thanks for your time Enrique
EP: Thanks for writing and for the link on Gizmodo! Have to look after my bandwidth allowance now ;-) [YouTube via SwissMiss]

Video: Cash Money Wallet to Hold Your Cash Money

Matt Buchanan — Thu, 17 May 2007 21:15:00 EDT

While you could always show off how hot and heavy your pocket is with a money clip force-fed with Franklins, why not go one step further and make your money-carrying apparatus out of Franklins? The guy in the vid uses dollar bills, but if you're ballin', you don't have time for singles. Or I guess to make a wallet out of hundred dollar bills. But you should. I have it on good authority that Bill Gizates rolls with a Wilson wallet. – Matt Buchanan

[via Geekologie]