These aren't the first iPod jewelry items I've ever seen, but they certainly invoke the most questions. While some i-jewelry plays off the chic side of headphones and gadgetry, designer Ashley Gehman's iArtifact project [1] features non-functional iPod ear buds as silver jewelry. To me it feels like a giant dose of extreme i-crazy and dare I say it, tacky tech art? I appreciate the geek factor, but the last thing I want in my earring holes are thick, cold silver earbud molds.

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