I've reviewed my share of neat portable electronic devices while covering technology. But for my inner geek, OrigAudio's Rock-It portable vibration speaker has got to be one of the coolest devices I've ever tried out. Any device that lets you use tissue boxes and dictionaries as speakers is pretty cool in my book. But does the Rock-It's MacGyver cool translate to real world usability? Let's take a closer look shall we?
Turns almost anything into a speaker:
The Rock-It uses vibration to transmit and generate sound from objects. It basically works the same way your ears do. All you need to do is connect it to your music player's headphone slot and voila — you got a portable speaker.
Just playing around with the objects near my laptop, I was able to get pretty good results from my "Compact Nelson" Japanese-English Kanji dictionary, the sides of two cardboard boxes, a container of blank DVDs, my laptop stand, and, um, two dollhouses (don't even ask). You can even use the packaging that the Rock-It comes in as makeshift speakers.
Even more interesting is how the sound changes depending on the object you attach it to. Cardboard boxes sound quite airy and a bit blown out while my niece's plastic dollhouses also sounded airy but had a more high-toned and almost techno quality to their sound. Meanwhile, my thick Japanese-English dictionary had a solid sound that struck a nice balance between bass and treble. Just in case you get any funny ideas, a person's posterior doesn't serve as a good medium for vibrating speakers.
Compact and portable:
The Rock-It's compact nature makes it easy to move around in your house or take it with you while traveling. You can stick the speaker module to a box of cereal while you have breakfast, stick it to a picture frame while reading in your room, or even stick it to a dollhouse that most certainly does not belong to you, if you so choose. The wires can also be wound up neatly within the case when not in use, making it easy to pack or just put in your pockets if you're on a trip.
Battery and USB options:
To power the Rock-It, you can plug the device to a laptop or even an Apple iPod/iPad power adapter (or any adapter with a USB slot, for that matter) via its USB connector. You can also use two AA batteries if you want extra portability.
Reusable sticky panels:
The speaker module employs a sticky panel that can be re-used even when it gets dirty. All you need to do is dab your fingers with water and clean off any foreign particles. The Rock-It also comes with several spare stickies just in case you need them.
Wow factor:
This thing is a veritable guy magnet. Within minutes of setting it up, I had my brother and my cousin visiting my makeshift home office and sticking the Rock-It to every object they could get their hands on. Even a female relative thought it was pretty neat and started sticking it to protein powder containers and all sorts of packages and appliances in my kitchen. It's definitely a neat thing to show off in parties and gatherings.
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