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GreenTech:Turn your iPod packaging into an iPod speaker

Bird-Electron EZ17-B iPod Recycling Speaker
Love your MP3 player, but hate all the plastic packaging it comes in? Just don't throw it out. The awkwardly named Bird-Electron EZ17-B iPod Recycling Speaker lets you turn the plastic case that your iPod Nano or iPod Shuffle comes in into a portable speaker system.

Now, I don't expect that the Bird-Electron speaker is going to win any awards for audio fidelity. While you can make pretty much anything vibrate to amplify the pleasant tones coming out of a tiny little speaker, the iPod case wasn't really designed to be a speaker. And the $40 price for this novelty device seems a bit steep. But if you're willing to buy a plastic gizmo in order to keep another bit of plastic out of the trash can, the EZ17-B could be the way to go.

While the speaker kit is designed to fit an iPod case, you can also use it to create a custom speaker out of any piece of plastic, including discarded water bottles. We'd advise against trying to turn a full water bottle into a speaker.

[via TUAW]

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