Portable cell phone booth makes you seem more old school
Here at Make, we like projects that re-imagine old tech into new forms and constructions. Although the "Portable Cellular Phone Booth" project by Nick Rodriguez may seem completely insane to most people, it's a pretty interesting take on the one problem that keeps coming up when you use your cell phone in public spaces.... Lack of privacy.
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Someone beat me to the actual construction of this!
...came out better than mine would have though. Excellent work.
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And apparently he beat me to it by 6 years... so it predates my even thinking of it. Double dang!
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The fact that it folds like that makes it so awesome; though I wonder how much sound it truly blocks.
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I got a good laugh out of that video. If only more people used these things maybe our going out in public would be more tolerable.
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