R2-D2 speakers beep beep bloop beep

The force is strong with these ones, although the drivers probably aren't. Available in December for $40, bigger pic after the break...

[Via TechDigest]

[Jagannath A @ Oct 19th 2007 8:33AM]

lights!! what about lights.. will they blink :D

[suv4x4 @ Oct 19th 2007 8:42AM]

Not just blink, but also fly. Project princesses. Talk. And hack into you computer with a tiny robotic arm that plugs in your USB, exactly in time to save you from the trash compactor in your bedroom.

[FrankTheCrank @ Oct 19th 2007 8:44AM]

George Lucas needs more money...quick, what can we make this week?

[strider_mt2k @ Oct 19th 2007 8:50AM]

I find their lack of a subwoofer disturbing...

[Joey Geraci @ Oct 19th 2007 9:17AM]

LOL!!!

[Natedog @ Oct 19th 2007 9:39AM]

The C3P0 subwoofer idea was eventually dropped because it would occasionally spurt out extremely lame puns, albeit in the 25-400Hz range.

[enzo @ Oct 19th 2007 10:16AM]

but can it run the binary language of moisture vaporators?

[Martin @ Oct 19th 2007 9:25AM]

Cool stuff. Very geeky though...

[enzo @ Oct 19th 2007 10:18AM]

uh... isn't that what most of us are?

[jilie @ Oct 19th 2007 9:29AM]

that's a macbook! how rare!

[Standingfast @ Oct 19th 2007 9:34AM]

Um, I think its a Powerbook, not a MacBook. See, no webcam. ^_^

[George Street @ Oct 19th 2007 10:12AM]

actually its called and iSight ^_^

[Standingfast @ Oct 19th 2007 10:42AM]

Watch your mouth kid, or you’ll find yourself floating home.

[Martin @ Oct 19th 2007 9:33AM]

Cool. Pretty geeky though...

[Snorre Milde @ Oct 19th 2007 9:52AM]

It would sound a whole lot better if the speakers were plugged in to the computer.

[J @ Oct 19th 2007 9:55AM]

Bill, I'm guessing you're not a lawyer either.

If I decide that my iPhone will work better with a nail through the middle of the screen, then Apple will gladly replace it when the performance suffers?

The point is not whether they will replace or repair a factory defect (that is another can of worms with Apple products...)--but rather whether they will bail you out when you break the rules of the warranty agreement (which you are not legally bound to follow) and end up with a $500 piece of plastic. Someone else posted a quote of the warranty agreement earlier and it is hard to deny that any sort of 'unlocking'/hacking/whatever is not part of the intended use of the product and therefore relieves Apple of any liability.

If you buy a new car and fill the gas tank with sugar water (even though the owner's manual says not to use anything but gasoline), the manufacturer is not responsible for your stupidity.

[Yojimbo @ Oct 19th 2007 9:59AM]

It isn't the drivers you should be worried about... it's the motivators! (watch the Red one fail first!)

[Yojimbo @ Oct 19th 2007 10:02AM]

I LOVE how the Japanese ad line at the top states the obvious... DIRECT TRANSLATION: "With one, you get monaural, with two it becomes stereo speakers!"

[oshean @ Oct 19th 2007 10:18AM]

*motions hand* These aren't the droids you're looking for.

[Rainier @ Oct 19th 2007 10:58AM]

Can I get a Kenny Baker thumb drive to accompany that?

[abarton @ Oct 19th 2007 11:10AM]

@oshean: brilliant! Go about your business

[Lesz8986 @ Oct 19th 2007 11:25AM]

I wonder about lead paint . . . . .

[Matt @ Oct 19th 2007 11:46AM]

This would be way cooler if instead of a red R2-D2, the second speaker was in fact an R5-D4 from Episode IV...

[johnzilla @ Oct 19th 2007 11:51AM]

It would be funny if people paid $40 for these things, and all they did was munge up whatever audio signal you pumped through them into R2D2 sounds.

[Matthew Hilario @ Oct 19th 2007 12:48PM]

i'd rather have a deathstar sub woofer so i can ultimately secure my virginity.

[Lex @ Oct 19th 2007 12:53PM]

On DL TV they showed R2D2s from CEDIA ( I think it was) that had integrated webcams and also had a type of remote watchdog software function that allowed you to have it turn on and track a target at any time you choose.

They also had a life size R2 that had a projector built into it.

[B @ Oct 19th 2007 1:39PM]

the comments are just too much... lmao
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