Vienna Design Week 2010: Vienna designers Mischer’Traxler made batteries from 700 used coffee capsules to power clocks installed in the window of Nespresso Austria during Vienna Design Week. More about Nespresso Battery by Mischer’Traxler
UK designer Austin Houldsworth has erected a machine at a park in Cheshire, UK, to fossilise a pineapple and a partridge. More about 2 Million & 1 AD by Austin Houldsworth
Another bonkers machine! This one is a virtual potters wheel by Belgian designers Unfold and Tim Knapen. More about L’Artisan Électronique by Unfold and Tim Knapen
Designer David Bowen has created a machine that scans an onion and makes a model of it every 24 hours. More about Growth Modeling Device by David Bowen
Product design students Andrew Duffy, Craig Tyler and Edward Harrison have built a machine for making plastic objects, which is powered by a cordless drill. More about Rotational Moulding DIY Machine by Andrew Duffy, Craig Tyler and Edward Harrison
DMY Berlin 09: Viennese designers Mischer'Traxler have created a solar-powered machine that makes furniture, with the shape and colour of each product determined by the amount of sunlight available during manufacture. More about The Idea of a Tree by Mischer’Traxler
Design Indaba 09: young designer Revital Cohen talks about her Life Support project in this seventh movie from Design Indaba conference and expo, which took place in Cape Town last month. More about Design Indaba videos: Revital Cohen
British artist Martin Smith of Laikingland has designed a device for producing applause at the touch of a button. More about Applause Machine by Martin Smith
London-based collective rAndom International in collaboration with Chris O'Shea created an installation of motorised mirrors called Audience at the Royal Opera House in London last month. More about Audience by rAndom International
RCA summer show: part production line and part performance, Big Dipper is a machine that produces candle chandeliers by automatically dipping wick into vats of molten wax. More about Big Dipper by Sarah van Gameren