iPod taken apart and cast in resin -- still works

Billy Chasen took apart his iPod and cast into a resin cube. It still works.

I love exploded diagrams of objects where you see every piece of the thing. I had the idea to try and make a real life version of one, and picked my iPod to be the victim. The catch was, I wanted it to work even in its

The most incredible thing about it is it still works perfectly. I encased the internals of the dock too, so it can be controlled, charged, and listened to, by a wire underneath (that sticks out a bit, hence the lego support legs).

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[#1 posted by Joel Johnson , November 27, 2007 2:21 PM]

Holy smokes!

[#2 posted by clifford , November 27, 2007 2:52 PM]

Does Damien Hirst know about this?

[#3 posted by JY Yang , November 27, 2007 4:43 PM]

@Clifford:

Those were my thoughts exactly when I saw the shot!

[#4 posted by stovis , November 27, 2007 10:45 PM]

Wow - I dropped mine on the floor from about 3 feet and it doesn't work anymore. Go figure.

[#5 posted by Wareq , November 28, 2007 12:27 AM]

how much does that thing weigh?