Your old iPhone would make an amazing, musical lamp
It's October, which means there's a good chance you have a spare last-gen iPhone laying around and aren't quite sure what to do with it. You could sell it, of course, but if you feel like hanging on to it for sentimental purposes, you could always use it as a fancy ultra-modern musical lamp. With an at-home 3D printer and the help of Kwambio, you can do just that.
Kwambio is a new web platform on which designers can sell their designs to anyone with a capable 3D printer. It just launched, and while the number of people who have a 3D printer at home is just starting to ramp up, one designer on the service has created a simple iPhone accessory that lots of people are going to love.
In short, it's an elegant, simple arm that holds your iPhone. While in its nook, the phone can used as a lamp by turning on the flashlight feature, and since the bottom of the iPhone remains exposed, it can remain plugged into a charging cable and can even pump out some Spotify or iTunes music over Wi-Fi. According to Kwambio, the lamp -- which was designed by Ivan Zhurba -- can fit the iPhone 4/4s and 5/5c, and a version for the new iPhone 6 is already on the works.
It's probably one of the best ways to repurpose an old iPhone I've ever seen. Now I just need to invest in a 3D printer to make it a reality.
