The EcoSpeaker

Created by Juli Lin, 6AR

My eco-friendly
sound amplification
system.
 Introduction
The purpose of this design is to amplify sound using eco-
friendly and/or recyclable materials such as: paper, paper
machê and plastic bowl. It is also eco-friendly in the way that I
didn’t need any plugs and it doesn’t use energy or electricity.

What inspired me to create this system is because I like listening

to music and if I didn’t want to use earphones, I could use this
speaker which is portable and pretty lightweight. I was also
inspired because we learn about eco-friendly living and I
thought this was pretty good for the environment. It uses up
your old plastic bowls and newspapers, too.
Explanation: The Science Behind my Innovation
Sound is a form of energy, it travels in waves. It is a disturbance, emitted
from a vibrating object- the vibrations causing the air molecules to collide
with each other. Sound happens when the brain interprets the vibrations
into sound.
An amplifier also works with sound waves and they are used to enhance
sound, boost it to a bigger electrical current. Speakers project the sound,
while the amplifiers work inside the speaker.

Circuit carrying electric current

Without With vibration,

vibration, air molecules
neatly colliding with
packed air each other
molecules Amplifier
 Scaled Drawings of my EcoSpeaker

Enlarged by 2x (on next

slide)
Height: 11cm
Depth: 11cm
Diameter (Base): 20cm
Original Size

Height: 5.26cm
Diameter (Top): 22cm
Depth: 5.26 cm

Diameter (Base): 10cm

Diameter (Top): 11cm

Enlarged Scale Drawing
 How does the EcoSpeaker work?
Well, it’s basically a bowl, that has a iPod-
shaped slot in it to fit your iPod, and you just
slide your iPod in the slot and play. Your
favorite music!
It’s easier to slide a coverless iPod into the
EcoSpeaker since the silicon cover might cause
friction due to the fact that the cover causes the
Ipod to be almost the same size as the slot.
 Why use the EcoSpeaker?
Nowadays, everyone is persuading everyone to
become more eco-friendly, and most speakers
use electricity, which uses up energy and isn’t
very “friendly” to the environment.
The EcoSpeaker is lightweight, portable, eco-
friendly (of course), and deducts bucks from
your electricity bill!
 How do I know the EcoSpeaker will work?
First, I’ve trialed this experiment with different
materials, designs and the way I constructed the
speaker: circular bowl, plastic cups, cradle-shaped.
Then I realized that bowls can amplify sound, and I
tried bowls made of different material. I tried a paper
bowl, paper mache, and plastic bowls (the paper bowl
was scrapped because it didn’t work).
And we also use the iPod’s amplification system
because we need the sound from the iPod, and the
sides of the bowl help amplify it.
 My Science Experiment
Purpose What I What was Method Hypothesis Results
changed kept the same

To create an -The different -The size of I created The plastic The plastic
eco-friendly types of the slot for the different types bowl will bowl definitely
speaker that is speakers I iPod of speakers: work better worked better
lightweight would like to -The size of cradle shaped, because it is because it was
and portable create. the bowl two. For the smoother than louder and
but can project -The materials paper mache paper mache, didn’t echo.
sound well. I used bowl, I used a which is The paper
plastic bowl as bumpier. The mache gave
a mold. And plastic bowl’s out an echoing
when the paper sides are sound .
mache dried I thinner than
cut a slot for the the paper
iPod. mache.
I cut a slot in
the plastic bowl
too.
 Thank you for watching my
presentation, and I hope you
understand how my invention
works!
THANK YOU!