Ipod touch packaging. Any Ideas?

[luciusad2004]

I was pretty impressed with the packaging my ipod touch came in and have been hanging on to it since then. I want to do something with it but I don't know what I could do with it. I figure it's a good candidate for any of the usual "Altoids Tin Mods", just sexier and clear.

Can anyone think of anything that would fit easily in one of these?

Have pico ITX motherboards gotten this small yet? The dimensions I was reading online seemed like it might be a close fit but I wasn't sure if it would be deep enough to fit the heat sink and other odds and ends.

I'm open to other ideas though. I'm having a hard time finding a good use for this.
Edit: Looked at pico ITX boards and they aren't as tiny as i thought they were. Close but not quite as small as i thought they'd gotten.

Hard to see it on the black surface but I got a few pics for those who are less familiar. Sorry, my ipod is my only camera.

[Twigsoffury]

Sorry, my ipod is my only camera.
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maybe they should of invested that money that they used designing the packaging and put it towards a better camera.

*rimshot*

: P


anyways I use mine to hold my collection of LEDS.

[luciusad2004]

lololol. I totally agree. The camera blows. I didn't realize they use a cheaper camera in the iPod than they do in the iPhone and spent a few hours trying to figure out why my pictures looked like garbage compared to all my friends with iPhones.

Anyway, i tried to find some cool Altoids tins mods but all the ones i liked seemed to involve heat, which wouldn't jive with the plastic case. I was thinking about maybe hacking up a USB hub, "Frosting" the plastic, and adding some light effects.

Or maybe ill just put some doodads in it for storage. *Shrug*

[Cale_Hagan]

maybe they should of invested that money that they used designing the packaging and put it towards a better camera.

*rimshot*

: P


anyways I use mine to hold my collection of LEDS.

haha yes!
http://instantrimshot.com/

[Technochicken]

Here's what I did with my box (1st gen iPod touch):

http://build-its.blogspot.com/2010/0...-speakers.html

[AmEv]

Arduino cage?

[Luke122]

I've got the clear plastic box from my ipod Nano (3rd gen, the fat one), and I was thinking the other day about doing something similar with it. If I can find another, I'm building a set of clear speakers from it!