Conceal your Bluetooth headset inside a fake banana

by Cyrus Farivar, posted Aug 28th 2006 at 12:50PM

"I've got a feeling, so appealing! Cellular, modular, interactive-odular, ding-dong ding-dong ding -- BANANA PHONE!" Forgive us, it's not often that we get to quote Raffi songs around here, okay? Good, so Raffi fans, gather 'round, because this is one hack you won't want to miss. A clever fellow by the name of Larry Pesce took one Bluetooth Jabra BT110 headset, disassembled it in true geek fashion, and glued it inside a fake banana purchased from a craft store. And from the photos, it looks like it can be opened again to replace the existing AA battery. Here's a fun weekend prank: replace your household fruitbowl with fake fruit, each with its own unique electronic function inside, and send us photos of the reactions of your housemates/family. Or not; but dude, bananaphone!

[Via MAKE]

Filed under: Peripherals

Tags: banana, banana phone, BananaPhone, Culture, fruit, jabra, raffi, weekend projects, WeekendProjects

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PEZ @ Aug 28th 2006 1:38PM

Thats pretty much the balls.

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SuperChuck @ Aug 28th 2006 2:55PM

Am I the only one who immediately thinks "Maxwell Smart"???

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David Muszynski @ Aug 28th 2006 3:19PM

Is that a banana in your pocket or a BT headset inside a fake banana in your pocket?

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felonious monk @ Aug 28th 2006 3:42PM

"I'm not happy to see you, my dear. It's my BT headset."

Why the F would anyone want this thing?

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Jamie @ Aug 28th 2006 4:17PM

I have extensive experience with banana phones, and I'm quite certain he assembled it upside down. Oh yeah, "Holey piercings, Batman!"

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Donald @ Aug 29th 2006 12:00AM

Look for Motorola to, ahem, "borrow" the design of this phone and release it on an unsuspecting public on April 1, 2007. They said it was based upon the runaway success of the Nokia 7280.

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Taylor Alexander @ Aug 29th 2006 5:19AM

Dude, just imagine walking down the street, having a serious conversation with a bannana stuck to your head. I did this days (read:years) ago with an old school phone handset and a wired headset, and it rocked. Wireless and banana, even better.
-Taylor

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jdoc @ Aug 29th 2006 3:15PM

HIDDEN WIRELESS MICROPHONES!
that's what!

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