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Photos: Curiously creative mint tins

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  • Theremin

    Theremin

    The grand-prize winner in Altoids' Tin Million Uses competition was Jon Lennon of Ithaca, N.Y., who turned a Ginger Altoids tin into a theremin, a device that uses light to generate sound.

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 14:50 GMT (07:50 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Morse code reader

    Morse code reader

    Burt van der Klute of Fayetteville, N.C., turned his Altoids tin into a Morse code reader.

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 14:50 GMT (07:50 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Pinhole camera

    Pinhole camera

    Marcy Merill, a teacher from Tokeland, Wash., used several Altoids tins to make a pinhole camera.

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 14:50 GMT (07:50 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Radio

    Radio

    Philip Haley impressed judges by turning an Altoids Ginger tin into a portable protective case for an MP3 player.

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 14:50 GMT (07:50 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Altoids MP3 player

    Altoids MP3 player

    Earlier this year, in an invention not directly related to the Tin Million Uses contest, MIT grad Limor Fried decided to build an MP3 player using an Altoids tin as the case.

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 14:50 GMT (07:50 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

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  • Altoids MP3 player

Winners of Altoids design contest come up with impressive functions for their used tins.

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Altoids MP3 player

Earlier this year, in an invention not directly related to the Tin Million Uses contest, MIT grad Limor Fried decided to build an MP3 player using an Altoids tin as the case.

Published: July 20, 2006 -- 14:50 GMT (07:50 PDT)

Caption by: Bill Detwiler

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