Those of you who like to bust-a-groove to Huey Lewis while snapping shots with your non-digital camera, we’ve got a little project that might inspire some creativty within your traditional minds. We’re sure you’ve got a shit load of old film canisters laying around. Bird-Electron has put together a Kodak Film Speaker system, recycling old canisters.

Using empty film canisters, the speakers use low volume output from a headphone jack to drive their sound, creating an omni-directional sound system with no use for external batteries. Catch your own pre-made pair for $55. — Andrew Dobrow

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With the ever-changing mobile phone market becoming a breeding ground for slider phones, it’s no surprise that a PMP player would eventually be designed in the fashion of the slide design. Hell, Apple’s doing the opposite for the iPhone, right? The Slideon MP3 Player is a concept design from Ian Murchison.

The Slideon is designed to integrate the sleekness of the slide with the portable media crowd, with the controls all hidden under its sleek geometric screen. The Slideon would feature flash-based memory and a battery that can be charged through the headphone jack. (more…)

With as many huge storage units for media that are on the market, they’re are relatively few dirt cheap alternatives for people who just want a little peace of mind. The Buddha Machine is a “sound box” from China which comes with 9 prerecorded loops and much applause from fellow meditation fans. With both a headphone jack and a built in speaker, the choice is yours as to who hears what. The loops were written by FM3, a duo of Christiaan Virant and Chinese musician Zhang Jian, based out of Beijing. So sure, you can’t upload your own tunes, but if your needs are limited to this niche, you can’t do much better then getting this $25 gadget. And anything that musician Brain Eno bought so many of (eight according to the product page) is good enough for us. — Andrew Dobrow

Buddha Machine [via Uncrate]