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Last Year's Gadgets Get New Life As... Jewelry

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the martha-stewart-living dept.

Will Sherman writes "Liz McLean Knight, a Chicago native, has applied her interest in electronics, computers, and music to a line of jewelry created under the name, Zelle. The catch? She almost exclusively uses spare computer and electronics parts in her work. Many of her pieces would be a perfect gift for your LAN admin, that cute girl in the IT department, or your favorite DJ. Among other things, she sells a belt made from IDE cable, necklaces made from capacitors, and a cuff bracelet made of midi cables. But can she turn my broken iPod into something wearable?"

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  1. Not all that new by lordkuri · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've had a keychain of a 4MB DIMM stick for years, and my wife has 8088 earrings =)

    1. Re:Not all that new by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      my wife has 8088 earrings

      Wow! I thought my wife had a lot of earrings!

    2. Re:Not all that new by Alex+P+Keaton+in+da · · Score: 5, Funny

      Please let this get popular....
      please let this get popular....
      Dude, if I could get away with giving my wife an old commodore 64 part on a rope to wear as a neclace instead of some gold crap, I would be soooo happy.
      Remember those clocks rappers wore around their necks in the early 90's? Maybe the next fashion will be CRT's haning around the neck....
      I am sure there is some way I could fashion an old dot matrix printer into a sex toy... just give me time

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  2. Cute girl in the IT department? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Which IT department is that?

  3. wonderful by Lord+Ender · · Score: 5, Funny

    This gets better every time it is posted.

    But seriously, anyone who would actually wear this stuff has enough old parts lying around to make his own SCSI cable, RAM-encrusted thong.

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  4. Another link by modifried · · Score: 5, Informative

    I ran across a link involving the same jewelry not long ago. In case (read: when) the main site gets slashdotted, or if one just wants to see all products without pagination, you can view them all here:
    http://www.zellestyle.com/catalog/index.htm

  5. hmm by hotgirlgamer · · Score: 5, Funny

    I really don't see this stuff catching on, diodes aren't a girls best friend.