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Taking the guts of a children’s toy and repurposing it for the face and mechanics of an tech-cum-art model, Flickr user idyll23 (who also goes by the name of Zack) makes these charming TV headed Munny figures. His latest, Shock and Awe, stands proudly on a vintage enclosure and shows a looped clip of everyone’s favourite Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice.
I’m constantly impressed by the hacking and tweakery put into tech intended for children but which has plenty of possible applications outside of their sticky-fingered grasp. I’d love for Zack to sell these, because I think one would look pretty damn good in my flat.
Zack’s brother hacks the kid’s media player, adapting it for alternative video and setting it for looped “kiosk” playback. The rechargeable battery makes it portable.
Flickr photo set [via MAKE:]
One Response to “TV Head character hack from kids’ PVP”
idyll23 June 15, 2007
haha! imagine my surprise to find this buried in references to my work.
honestly the sculpture is for sale through the shop that hosted the exhibit. I let him keep it after I moved to San Francisco so that he’d have it to keep on display.
I know it’s not on the site yet but you can eventually find it at uberbotonline.com
Neutral-Z