A Record Player that Plays Tree Rings

If trees could talk, what would they say? Well they don’t actually talk, they play music. Sort of. Bartholomäus Traubeck, a modern day Lorax, has created this specially designed record player called “Years” that visually scans a slice of wood and maps out the color and texture of the tree’s rings into …

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Hollowed Out Tree Trunk iPod Speaker Dock

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Got wood? Austrian design firm KMKG has created this incredibly large iPod speaker dock made from a tree trunk. This 130 pound log (hopefully it’s mounted to the stud and just the drywall!) was hollowed out using a “special technique to create extraordinary sound”. Give me a plate of beans and I’ll show ...

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An Air Conditioner Shaped Like a Tree

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Summer is here and the weather is heating up. There is no better feeling than coming in from the sweltering heat and humidity into a nice air conditioned building to dry your skin off with cool dry air. Most window air conditioners look pretty much the same, just a box. Nothing fancy. Strictly ...

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