reppo II backpack: boombox on your back
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posted: March 12th, 2008 3 comments by technabob
This modern backpack is sure to draw attention as you walk down the street — especially if you’ve got the volume cranked up. You see those big black patches? They’re loudspeakers.
Created by industrial design student Joonas Saaranen, the Reppo II backpack features a built in pair of full-range speakers and an amplifier, so you can kick out the jams as you walk down the street. The only thing better would be if that big black patch were a subwoofer. Of course, that might shatter your vertebrae if you turned up the volume too much.
Saaranen’s concept design has gotten as far as a functional prototype at this point, but he hasn’t revealed if he’ll ever have them produced en masse. In the mean time, if you happen to be in Berlin, Germany (where Joonas currently resides) and hear someone coming down the street wearing this bad boy, offer up the mad props he deserves.
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1. Raul | March 12th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
This Idea it´s totally not new, in Mexico City it has been since 3 or 4 years , maybe more, and it,s used by some street vendors to sell piracy (music and videos) and i can say that is a very anoying invet, because they go around on public transportation at very loud volume.
http://www.master.com.mx/modules.php?modulo=cat&func=buscar
2. Mike | March 12th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
I’d love to see someone walking down the street blasting music from one of these things…
So I could knock them on their rear and crush it.
3. allaina | March 12th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
you know, several skate gear companies have offered this product, or similar to this, for years.
osiris’ comes to mind immediately, but i’ve seen tons.
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