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iPod Nano Cassette Tape Case Removes The Innards

These cool cases fit both the 1st and 2nd generation Nano’s, and they are damn cool. There you go, all that needs to be said in one sentence. Yet, I’m way too talkative to only tell you that much. These cases are made by hollowing out one whole side of a cassette tape, while leaving the other side intact with ...

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Does your iPod Classic use Toshiba or Samsung HDD?

It is for fact that companies can source modules from different suppliers for the same product, the best example would be the screens of Sony PSP (Sharp and Samsung). In the hard disk world, Toshiba is one of the loudest and proudest players, they’re making such a big fuss about their deal with the fruit company. Samsung comparably seems to ...

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Hacked: Acoustic Guitar iPod Dock And Stereo

London based design firm Conran and Partners has taken an old acoustic guitar and repurposed it as a unique iPod dock / stereo combo in preparation for this week’s Deptford Design Market Challenge (London: September 15-27th). The goal is to redesign discarded thrift store objects into something new and exciting – and by the looks of things this hack manages ...

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Wooden iPod Speakers also keeps your pencils sharp

With a weird combination of form and function, these Wooden iPod Speakers mesh together a hybrid which is so unlikely that seeing is believing. Not only do these speakers let you have a portable and stylish audio solution, but it also has a pencil sharpener built-in to its design. Based on the design of a gramophone, these speakers are ultra-tiny. ...

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How To: Salt Water Etch An iPod For Cool Steampunk Look

But won’t salt water etching fuck up my iPod? If that thought entered your mind as you read the title of this article, you probably don’t have the stomach to go ahead with this project. However, if you don’t mind taking a risk, or you are looking for an excuse to pick up one of the new iPods anyway – ...

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iPod Mini Cooler Takes Convergence To The Next Level

Now I’m all for convergence when it comes to technology, but sometimes you just have to laugh when a product takes it to irrational levels. Take this iPod / CD / Digital Radio Playing Alarm Clock Fridge from Cooltone for example. It can cool up to twenty 400ml cans ( or six bottles of wine ), play tunes from your ...

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Woodland iPod Player Also Keeps Beer Cold

Let’s face it, carrying around a cooler full of beer and a set of iPod compatible speakers is simply too much for one drunk person to handle. That’s why it makes sense to pick up this ice chest cooler / iPod player hybrid from Woodland. Features include waterproof speakers, a rainproof outer shell, a built in AM/FM radio, and a ...

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The most effective iPod security system? Make it look like a Zune

Sure, this might be a cheap jab at Microsoft, but I think the sales numbers of these two “competing” media players, if you can actually call it competition, show all you need to know. Hide-a-Pod is really a much more ingenious idea than any other iPod anti-theft unit we’ve ever seen. Well, maybe other than the one where you hide ...

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iTop: The DIY iPod Laptop

This is what happens when one very ingenious man with a voided warranty and a broken iPod screen has some extra time on his hands. The iTop is an iPod which has been transformed into a very mini-laptop. The iTop can run a full OS with all of the UI capabilities as a normal laptop. The hard drive sticks out ...

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DIY: Tennis Ball Camera Tripod

Most camera tripods are big, clunky objects that really are a pain in the anus to transport everywhere if you’re just a pleasure photographer, or a novice photog, which sounds more macho. Using something you probably have laying around the house anyway, a tennis ball, you can create your own mini-tripod for easy stability where ever you go. This tennis ...

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