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4 Cups + 2 Tooth Picks = iPod Speaker system?
Apple Gazette —
... from designer Dmitry Zagga. It pokes fun at conceptual design - and if you’ve been around here for any length of time you know that if it’s on thing I enjoy — it’s poking fun.
The project is pretty easy, it involves 4 paper cups, two tooth picks, and an iPod with classic earbuds.
The idea certainly isn’t going to bring the house down volume wise, but it could be an entertaining diversion if you truly have nothing else to do.
via yanko design
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iPod Speakers: Four Paper Cups, Two Toothpicks
Cult of Mac —
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Designer Dmitry Zagga kept his iPod speakers simple: all you need for his CupSpeakers, dubbed the “iPod Ghetto Accesory” are four white paper cups (preferably from the company cafeteria) and a couple of toothpicks to hold them together.
By his own admission, “the increase in volume, of course, is radiculous, (sic?) but hey, you get stylish iPod accessory out of nothing!”
Via Yanko Design
Plastic Cup and Toothpick Speakers Take Lo-Fi to New Heights [Applesque Accessories]
Gizmodo —
... The toothpicks hold the cups together, and a small hole at the base of the top cup holds an earbud. The sound is magnified due to the shape of the cup, not any fancy-schmancy "electronics." It may not compete with, you know, real speakers, but Dmitry's got a good sense of humor about him and it looks like a fun project for the incredibly bored. [Yanko] ...
Got Four Disposable Drinking Cups and Two Toothpicks? You Have an iPod Speaker System!
iSmashPhone —
... as low-tech as you can get, but it works great. Just punch a little hole in the bottom of each of two disposable drinking cups, insert your iPod's ear buds, then attach the "speakers" to two more upside down drinking cups with the toothpicks. Voila! Speakers. (OK, OK, it may not compete with real speakers, but when you're desperate…) You may not be able to get a good 5 cent cigar anymore, but who says you can't have a serviceable 5 cent speaker system? [via Yanko]
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