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Clever Cable Management Via 3D-Printed Shirt Button

By Rain Noe - November 5, 2012

in Digital Fabrication

Wearable electronics still aren't ready for primetime, but until they are, here's a clever bridge product: Shapeways user Egant's Button 2.0, which features a precisely-dimensioned groove in one side, providing handy cable-clipping capability for your headphones.

It's totally one of those why-didn't-I-think-of-this head-smackers, but I have a feeling that as more and more of us get 3D printers, it won't matter....

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vahid anwari

12 years ago

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I just route the cable by opening the middle button of my shirt, and then rebuttoning after I have put the cable back in. works much better than this and you wont need a special button. by the looks of this it seems the cable can snap out also easily. not very helpful in rush hour on the subway.

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MikeSerafin

12 years ago

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Hey there, Here's the comments: http://www.shapeways.com/model/699026/button-2-0.html?li=productBox-search

Buddy found the patent listing himself apparently.
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KGB

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Hi Mike,

Would you mind linking to the Shapeways discussion?
That patent is interesting, and very recent. I wonder if both are from the same originator.

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MikeSerafin

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This is a great idea indeed. However, when I shot the link to a buddy, he stumbled upon an on-going argument on the Shapeways site. Check this out: http://www.google.com/patents/US20090320247?printsec=drawing&dq=button+cord+holder&ei=_TCYUPfzAq2G0QGtsIDgBQ#v=onepage&q=button%20cord%20holder&f=false
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