The edible music player is a cool new way to 'consume' music. The device transmits music through a lolly pop into your mouth, allowing you to hear music without speakers or headphones. What is silent outside of your mouth (and to others) then fills your head with high-fidelity music once you put the lolly in your mouth. The experience is truly magical.
Tomorrow Lab lead the prototyping and development of two versions of the device shown below: a small, battery powered device, and a large, wired version. The smaller version uses a 1-Watt surface transducer and connects to your phone over Bluetooth. The larger version uses a 20-Watt surface transducer and is driven by a small amp to give you a vision-blurring experience during songs with heavy bass.
The two versions of device were designed directly for rapid fabrication on a MakerBot.
Tomorrow Lab is working with partners Readymade, Inc. in NYC to commercialize the device for purchase. Please visit http://poplol.ly to learn more about the product and sign up to receive updates about its availability.
Electrical Engineering
Product Invention
Prototyping
Connect to the wireless version of PopLolly through Bluetooth from your phone.
The handheld version uses a 1W surface transducer, driven by a rechargeable LiPo battery and Bluetooth module for wireless transmission
The large version uses a 10W transducer, driven by a wired amp
Early prototypes allowed us to explore different forms to encase the transducers and hold the lolly pops. Lolly pops with plastic stems work the best.
