“When it comes to gold-slathered Apple products, there are plenty of options. Most people who buy them sneeze money and think nothing of tossing cash at a gaudy, high-priced accessory like an iPad with diamonds and T. rex bones,” Amanda Kooser reports for CNET. “Ted Chapanian, however, came by his gold iPod watch through a whole lot of personal hard work.”
“The AuPod is made from a 6th generation iPod Nano and 18-karat gold,” Kooser reports. “It took over 500 hours to build and cost $2,500 in materials.”
Kooser reports, “Several screens were cracked during the build through trial and error. The worst catastrophe during the project was an issue with the centrifuge that sent tiny bits of molten gold flying everywhere around the room.”
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