{"id":1529,"date":"2012-07-24T20:07:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-24T20:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/1529-acoustabowl-from-idea-to-reality.html"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:48:57","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:48:57","slug":"acoustabowl-from-idea-to-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/acoustabowl-from-idea-to-reality","title":{"rendered":"Acoustabowl: From Idea to Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Williams, Shapeways forum moderator, had an idea one day…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

It started one slow day at work. I wanted to sit my phone in a way that I could see the screen, charge it, and listen to a podcast. I set it up against my scanner, and the charger would make it fall over. When I put the phone in a cup I instantly noticed the sound being amplified. I could see the screen, hear the phone, and charge it! But I could not touch the screen as practically half the phone was in the cup. So I looked for something I could put my phone in that would solve this. I put it in a bowl, and was instantly sold. <\/p>\n

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So I decided to prototype my design using 123D Make<\/a>. I tried some different versions and even made a paper model. I ended up making one out of cardboard using the stacked slices option. This option will make a fully solid model. So you will have more pieces to cut, but if you are using scissors as I was, it will make it so you do not have interlocking pieces that would be hard to cut out. After a few hours of cutting the paper, tracing onto the cardboard, cutting the cardboard, and hot gluing the cardboard, I had my prototype! <\/p>\n

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It worked great! With my prototype I noticed I was not able to hook up my charger while it was in the Acoustabowl. So I raised up the stand, and moved it out so that it would still hold phones leaning back and would now be able to hook up a charger. <\/p>\n

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I 3D modelled two versions for two different materials and ordered in Glossy Black Ceramic<\/a> and Polished Alumide<\/a>. Now I have 2 sweet phone stands for smooth music listening! <\/p>\n

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