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"If you have an old speaker collecting dust in the garage or shoved in the back of the closet, there's now a clever way to make it useful again.\nThe London-based Paul Cocksedge Studio is raising funds on Kickstarter\u00A0to further develop \"The Vamp,\" a cube-like device that attaches to any speaker and adds Bluetooth capability. Instead of buying new Bluetooth speakers, The Vamp sort of makes the retro relevant again, as demonstrated in the video above.\nBluetooth devices like your smartphone or laptop can send sound to The Vamp, which can attach magnetically to a speaker with an included metal disc. The Vamp is equipped with a battery that powers the speaker, a USB charge socket, red and black speaker connectors and a headphone jack. We've seen a number of Bluetooth speakers, but this project is unique for its make-new-of-old approach.\n\nSEE ALSO: Rest Your Smartphone On iFrogz's Bluetooth Speaker to Amplify Music\nThe notable limitation right now with The Vamp is that it can only output mono sound.\nWith 33 days left to go as of Monday afternoon, the Kickstarter\u00A0campaign had raised almost 15,000 British pounds out of its 35,000 pound (around $53,084) goal. Backers who pledge at least 35 pounds (about $53) will be among the first to get The Vamp in red, white or black.\nThumbnail and image courtesy of Paul Cocksedge Studio.\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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