Pod à Porter, a 3D-Printed iPod Shuffle Necklace
Posted in: Accessories and Peripherals, headphones, ipod, Today's Chili
The current iPod Shuffle is tiny to the point of being hard to use. In fact, lose or break the Apple earbuds and you’re screwed, unable to control playback without the in-line remote in the cable. It is cool-looking though, in a how-the-hell-do-they-fit-an-iPod-in-there? kind of way.
Now you can make it even cooler-looking with the lamely-named Pod à Porter necklace, which despite all good sense seems to be for both men and women. The necklace is a velvet-finish, 3D printed polyamide loop. The iPod plugs into one end and the headphone cable threads around the loop to exit at the other end. The result is a tangle-free unit that keeps cables and everything else above the neckline, and can be worn whilst naked, Patrick Bateman-style.
As someone who has killed countless pairs of expensive headphones by catching cords on street-furniture as I dance through the city, I can appreciate the utility. But as a gadget writer and nerd, I like the manufacturing process even more. The Pod à Porter exists as a 3D computer model designed by Michiel Cornelissen and resides on the servers of Shapeways, the online 3D printing service. When you order, your necklace is cranked out of the printer and mailed to you. This feels a lot like the future.
The Pod à Porter costs $27 and comes in black, white, magenta, blue and green to match your iPod Shuffle.
Pod à Porter [Michiel Cornelissen]
Pod à porter – neckband for iPod shuffle [Shapeways]
See Also:
- Shapeways: 3D Printing for Everyone (but Not for Little Kids …
- 3D Printing
- Print Your Own 3D Styluses
- 3D Printing, Now in Stainless Steel
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