Boombox backpack: all-around bad idea

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If this boombox-backpack concept ever makes it to production, the designer deserves to be shot. And if people actually wear them while cranked up full-blast, they probably will be.

Speakers built into messenger bags,, backpacks, and even bowling bags are nothing new, but usually they're designed with at least a modicum of human decency in mind. But the "Reppo II" backpack pulls out all the stops, with a pair of full-range speakers and an amplifier just to make sure everyone hears you whether they want to or not. Maybe those stun phones we mentioned earlier aren't such a bad idea after all.

[johnnysocko]

Agree, but see possibilities.

I remember dragging a ghetto-blaster to the beach, remember (not fondly) the break-dance craze (carrying cardboard & radio, wearing parachute pants, oh man). Wouldn't this have saved a lot of muscle aches???!!!

Can't wait to wear one on my lawn tractor, I'm sure I'd be the talk of the neighborhood. Gonna have to buy one of those John Deere Escalades.

How about the "urban kayak"?

Can we hook a mic up? Don't forget how this could help "corner preachers"! The new "Mr. Microphone" (hey girls, I'll be back to pick you up later!".

Fabulous, can't wait, society just progresses, doesn't it?