Very serious eco-cred comes when you deliberately use old tech and cover it in one of the oldest gadget materials - wood - apple-tree wood to be exact. Even the battery is embedded in a hand-carved wooden case. The result is a strange trompe d'oeil object: as you examine it it flips back and forth in your mind between unique folk-art and an antique mobile that probably belongs in the trash. But the question uppermost in everyone's mind: how many bars does it get? [Camille]
Russian wooden phone [via MAKE]
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