Nanoscope, the DIY ipod nano fatty A/V dock

You've got to hand it to modder Mark Irwin, who did his fellow tinkerers proud by assembling a bunch of found objects into a very handy audio / video dock for the squat new iPod nano. The project is brilliant in its simplicity: Irwin just carved a nano-sized slot in an old slide magnifier, embedded some discarded speakers, and ended up with a super-handy viewing station on the cheap. Check out the video after the break for inspiration on how you, too, can help put an end to this national Made for iPod nightmare perpetrated by Griffin, Belkin, Monster, and their evil cohorts.

[derX @ Jan 20th 2008 9:15PM]

Now this is like Apple TV....but useful.

[D.L. @ Jan 20th 2008 11:46PM]

The ViewMaster version will be way better.
http://www.worldwideslides.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/mod_l_red.jpg

[peshue @ Jan 20th 2008 9:28PM]

Lol, delightfully low tech. Exactly the same as the magnifiers they used to make for the gameboy.

[Lamar Vannoy @ Jan 20th 2008 9:55PM]

Not quite exact. This lens flips the image upside down, and creates a greater magnification then the lenses released for the gameboys.

[Hung @ Jan 20th 2008 10:20PM]

False. The video is re-encoded upside-down and appears right-side up when the nano is upside-down.

peshue, don't let Lamar Vannoy ruin your nostalgia. Pokémon Blue for the win.

[Carl Vitullo @ Jan 21st 2008 1:06AM]

THAT'S THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF!
i still have one of those, WITH lights in the back so you could play in the dark.

[Samius @ May 27th 2008 2:41PM]

Pokémon Red FTW ;)

Share some of the Charmander love I shall

[Casey @ Jan 20th 2008 9:31PM]

It's reminds me of "Brazil" and "12 Monkeys."

[Balam Herrera @ Jan 20th 2008 10:58PM]

great movies man

[abadtooth @ Jan 20th 2008 9:32PM]

Thats pretty cool, now to make one for my sansa :P

[Shane @ Jan 20th 2008 9:33PM]

Is it Gizmondo copycat day today?

[derX @ Jan 20th 2008 9:48PM]

What? You read Gizmodo? Who the hell reads that crap nonetheless copy it?

Shoo!

[Shane @ Jan 20th 2008 9:50PM]

Heh. I was bored and Engadget hadn't posted anything new in a while. Otherwise, no, I don't read it.

[Joe_Templeman @ Jan 21st 2008 7:15AM]

I love how you where so offended that some random person on the internet slighted your reading tastes, you felt the need to reply just to justify your statement...



...be your OWN person

[Shane @ Jan 21st 2008 8:42AM]

Wow...Tough crowd...

[Sam Zebian @ Jan 20th 2008 9:42PM]

Better more portable solution- Get a Zune!

[ChrisB @ Jan 20th 2008 9:56PM]

^doesn't get it.

[Sam Zebian @ Jan 20th 2008 9:58PM]

I get the concept, it's just impractical in today's world of PMP's.

[Ken @ Jan 20th 2008 10:25PM]

That's the first time I've seen "Zune" and "solution" in the same sentence.

[insertAlias @ Jan 21st 2008 10:27AM]

You still don't get it. Its not supposed to be practical. There are several PMPs that would make viewing easier, but this is a neat, low tech, homemade mod. Its just for fun, and has a nostalgic feel.

[Paul @ Jan 20th 2008 10:03PM]

My only thought is that I would not want to have those magnets (in the speakers) that close to flash memory.

Actually, is flash based memory effected by magnets?

[Taylor @ Jan 20th 2008 10:41PM]

No. Only HDDs.

[Garst @ Jan 20th 2008 10:09PM]

Zoolander? It's not a bad movie, but it's not something that I would actually spend money on to own.

[umbepo @ Feb 2nd 2009 10:02PM]

wwww.thepiratebay.org

[Malren @ Jan 20th 2008 10:55PM]

Correction: The "Made For iPod" program was an APPLE creation. They forced third-party makers to go along in order to get the "Made For iPod" logo on their products. It is not the fault of "Griffin, Belkin, Monster, and their evil cohorts." It's ALL Apple.

Don't be like Giz. I know you have to report similar stories, but Engadget usually gets the details right. You should make the correction.

[ty.cornwall @ Jan 20th 2008 11:07PM]

hmmm... personally I would have played the movie Brazil in the demo.

[Wwhat @ Jan 21st 2008 4:21AM]

Good thinking!

[Chris @ Jan 20th 2008 11:30PM]

Chances are if gizmodo has it on their page engadget shouldn't want to put it on their site.

[Shane @ Jan 21st 2008 8:43AM]

And yet they did...Puzzling...