Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Bean there, backed that: a legume-based MP3 player sprouts on Kickstarter

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Attempting to crowd fund a dedicated MP3 player in 2013 is a risky proposition. We're long removed from the days when traditional iPods could be seen on every street. Rather, we're firmly in an era where smartphones have supplanted PMPs for a vast majority of people. But having said all that, you've never seen anything quite like the Kickstarter project launched by London-based startup Cybotanics today. We haven't either. Meet iBean and iTagua, described as "the world’s very first digital audio music players designed using whole natural botanical casings, gathered sustainably from the Amazon Rainforest."


This isn't your typical MP3 player


More succinctly, they're tiny MP3 players (think a round iPod shuffle) encased in either a bean...


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