They call it 'mechanical art'.
In 1991 the Cuban army and a woman's group published 'The Family Book' (El Libro de la Familia) together, a book full of ideas for recycling and reusing. Cubans sent letters to the army publishing house, Green Olive, with more solutions. They published the book Con Nuestros Propios Esfuerzos'. 'The book was a contribution from the entire Cuban people.
The device is a field of possibilities.
Yet, Cubans don't like to repair, they say. To repair means you don't have money to buy new.