This high school student built a Bluetooth speaker in the shape of a giant Apple AirPod - see the pictures

Aaron Beckman

The AirPod Max isn't an official Apple product, but it is a functional Bluetooth speaker.

• AirPods, Apple's wireless Bluetooth earbuds, have become a must-have item for iPhone users of all ages, and particularly teens.
• Capitalizing on the popularity, high school student Aaron Beckman, 17, has created a 10-inch-tall Bluetooth speaker in the shape of an AirPod.
• Beckman's Reddit post showing off his giant AirPod speaker - which he dubbed the "AirPod Max" - has received nearly 80,000 upvotes since he shared it in early November.
• Beckman talked to Business Insider about how he created the AirPod, and shared some photos that show just how accurately the high schooler's AirPod mimics Apple's wireless earbuds.
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A 17-year-old high school student found himself with a viral Reddit hit on his hands when he built a giant Bluetooth speaker in the shape one of the hottest gadgets around: Apple's best-selling AirPods.

The 10-inch-tall AirPod is a fully functional wireless speaker, according to its creator, a Minnesota high school student named Aaron Beckman. Beckman posted a picture of his creation earlier this month on the r/MildlyInteresting Reddit thread, where it's since accrued more than 78,000 upvotes and 2,000 comments.

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To make the AirPod speaker - which he's dubbed the "AirPod Max" - Beckman used a 3D printer, available through his high school's robotics team, to replicate and blow up an accurate clone of the AirPods.

Beckman shared these photos of his AirPod Max speaker, and told us a little about how he built it: