Technicals of Dark Fire Robot Guitars
The Dark Fire is Gibson’s second robot guitar in so many years. This one is a beast. Three state-of-the-art pickups, robot-accurate frets and neck, “revolutionary…
Audio
Some Tiny Audio Chops, Some Chops Indeed
Boy oh boy do you know a dude who loves portable speaker systems. It is me. And I say that while the best portable system…
Tap, Tap, Tappin’ on Heaven’s Door
Another iteration on the intuitive music making theme, “Jam” hails from a team at the Domus Academy where the brief was to design for basic…
AMOLED Touchscreen Courtesy of Cowon S9
What started as a concept earlier this year is actually coming to fruition as a real retail product this December. The Cowon S9 will retain…
Bend the Beats to Stop the Flow of the Beats
The best (and worst) thing about a garden hose is that kink that stops the flow. I love that kink. And so does the crew…
A Vase of Bass for your Face
So, we’ve seen our share of headphones. Headphones have been neat for decades, and personal usage of them, day-to-day street wear-wise, has seen a resurgence…
Sewing in the Beats Like I’m Vivienne Westwood
In our modern internet age, designing things that can be fully put together and taken apart (physically or digitally), is generally a good idea. But…
MacGyver Tries iPod Speakers
With all the hot-to-trot conceptual design work out there, it takes quite a person to just sit back and kick out the jams on a…
Tapping Your Way Up The Charts
If there truly is design for the masses, this music creation tool definitely qualifies. Using friction-sensitive sensors on the glove’s fingertips, users tap out a…
Bring Your Own Soundboard
This speaker concept called Brooch has no built-in soundboard. You have to bring that to the party. With its specially design suction cup, attach it…
Wireless Stereo Speaker Docking Station Laughs at Physics!
What I love is wireless ghetto blasters. What I love is when they look really weird and awesome. And when they are waterproof, have rechargable…
Rotary Style Music Navigation
A small circle inside a pendant style MP3 player. You stick your finger thru the wheel key and spin it to control all audio functions…