This is about as cheap as it gets when it comes to DIYin’ your own speakers for an iPod. Designer Dmitry Zagga fashioned these together after having his credit card declined at the Apple Store. Look who’s laughing now. They’re just like the clubhouse telephones of days past, where simply attaching a string to two ends of a can fashions together a communication device unlike any other.

These speakers are just as simple to make, too. Get four paper cups. Punch holes in the back of two of them. Place them on top of the other two, linking them together with two tooth picks. Then, stick your earbuds through the holes. It’s ghetto magic!

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We’ve seen some pretty cool techy business cards, like the USB Business Card Drive, but not any cards that can be used for a practical purpose like these New Cards. Thin enough to fit right into your waller, the New Card integrates items of everyday use right into your wallet.

The toothpick + mirror card might save you on a date, keeping stray spinach from slipping in between your pearly whites. Want a beer, but are far too lazy to take the cap off with your sensitive hands? Whip out the bottle opener card. Integrate a disposable RFID tag into this, and you’ll have one awesome tool. (more…)