Recycled Paper Ceramic Speakers: Can You Hear Me Now?
by Collin Dunn, Corvallis, OR, USA 
on 09.26.07
Mark this one in the "great materials use; not so great implementation" column: thin paper ceramic loudspeakers made from discarded musical scores and clay. The ceramic columns amplify sound from your strategically placed earbuds to broadcast music like regular speakers would; it's like your earbuds yelling through an orange street cone.
Though we doubt the sound quality would be top notch, ceramic does reverberate sound very well, and we like the idea that the recycled musical scores are no longer reliant on someone else to play the music; they can do it themselves, and are given a 2nd chance to fulfill their destiny - the propagation of music. Cute. Another pic after the jump. ::Jieyu Design via ::Crib Candy
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this would be an interestng thing to try out... It looks like you can just mix clay in with the paper (like when making homemade paper) and when it is mostly dry just form it as seen above. I would like to try it out just to see how well it works. They certainly wouldn't use any phantom power!
Thanks a lot!
wow......cool idea.......even if the sound quality isnt great.
They actually work quite well. there is a less form more function design on instructables.com. they are more personal use than anything though, not reallydesigned to project very far.
Absolute crap sounding. Get some Acoustic Research old speakers instead. For $10 you get heaven.