A fellow blogger had an interesting post about how America's technology recycling was doing more harm to the earth than it was preventing, which sounds about right considering that old saying about where the road paved with good intentions leads.  Still, there is one kind of recycling that is useful, and that’s recycling old technology into art projects.

It’s no secret that I love me some steampunk technology modifications.  If you take something new and make it look old-timey, I’m a huge fan of it.  Keyboards, case mods, and, in this case, one of the coolest MP3 players I’ve ever seen:  Porkshanks’ Ambiance Enhancer.

Let’s let the creator tell the story:

Step right up folks! Witness the latest and greatest that the glory of modern technology can possibly offer to you at this particular moment of time and space!

The Ambiance Enhancer

This handy little device can take the most boring and dull locale and turn it into whatever sort of emotive resonance you prefer! You simply load it with "Wave Files" or their less complicated cousins the "Musical Programme Type Threes (or "MP3" for those who enjoy abbreviations) and then activate the device to change the ambiance around you! Astounding!

Okay, here's the real story behind this one:

I bought a pair of vintage Cannonball Empire headphones off Ebay and I disassembled and gutted them. I then transplanted the working parts of a Sony MDR-006 (that I randomly found on the ground at a bus stop 2 days ago!) into them, and viola! Cool looking 'old' headphones that work just fine with my MP3 player ^ _ ^

H/T:  Engadget