The Techcycled Legend
t all started long ago in a lab deep within NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Megan rued the dearth of truly geeky jewelry and accessories...the fact that the inherent beauty of engineering components goes so often overlooked and that their artistic potential is rarely, if ever, utilized. And so, within the heart of JPL was forged a crude bracelet from copper wire and the remains of a memory chip. While the bracelet was, sadly, unwearable, Megan kept it in the hopes that one day it could be crafted into a beautiful, mighty, and wearable creation.
But years went by and Megan became increasingly discouraged that the bracelet would ever fulfill its destiny. Then one day, as Megan was deciding what to wear to the next Caltech Ballroom Dance Club party, inspiration struck like an arc from a discharging capacitor. Megan pulled out her tools and electrical components and, through several iterations of trial and error, created a pair of earrings with dangling resistors and circuit board pieces. And thus was born the One Pair of Earrings.
The earrings were universally praised and admired among Megan's geeky friends, planting a tiny seed in the back of her mind. The seed slowly swelled over the next several months, and when she found that the domain name "girlgeekboutique.com" was available, destiny became clear and the seed began to sprout.
Girl Geek Boutique — now known as Techcycled — has grown and evolved significantly since then. Our team includes Megan, an electrical engineer unleashing her artistic spirit, Jessie, a physicist with a PhD from Caltech and a killer sense of style, Suzanne, a vivacious retro crafter cultivating her inner geek, and Kayla, a spunky young mechanical engineer with amazing artistic skills. We hand-craft unique jewelry, accessories, and gifts from recycled and surplus components such as circuit boards, microchips, resistors, capacitors, toroids, LEDs, cables, gears, washers, and more computer and electronic components.
Techcycled is run by engineers-become-artists who not only know how to create beautiful and unique pieces, but understand the science behind the components as well. Want to know how the electronic components in that pair of earrings power your gadgets? Just ask us! Not only will you have a unique and beautiful creation, but you will be able to explain the functionality of its components, impressing friends and family with your style and intellectual prowess!
