This Engineer Built a 9-Instrument Orchestra From Vintage Computers
You know that moment when someone takes something impossibly complicated and makes it look like the most natural thing in the world? That’s exactly what…
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This Turntable Spins Vinyl Vertically So Records Become Wall Art
Vinyl has come back as much for the ritual and artwork as for the sound, yet most turntables still hide records flat on a plinth,…
JBL’s AI Wireless Speakers Can Remove Vocals, Guitars, or Drums From Any Song While You’re Jamming
Walk into any rehearsal space and you will see the usual suspects. A combo amp in the corner, a Bluetooth speaker on a shelf, maybe…
Yale Engineers Created a 3D-Printed Carbon-Fiber Cello That That Never Cracks or Warps
Traditional wooden cellos and violins are exquisite but fragile. They crack in dry weather, warp in humidity, and require constant environmental monitoring. A professional instrument…
DIY Lo-Fi Cassette Machine turns Bluetooth streaming into a living, analog kinetic sculpture
This Lo-Fi Cassette Machine feels like something pulled straight from an alternate timeline—one where streaming never erased the tactile magic of analog media. It takes…
Japanese Minimalism: 7 Tools That Do More With Less
Japanese design philosophy has always understood something the rest of the world is only now catching up to: true sophistication comes from subtraction, not addition….
Top 7 Unique Audio Gifts That Beat Generic Tech
Generic wireless earbuds arrive in identical white plastic shells with forgettable names and indistinguishable sound profiles. Smart speakers reduce albums to voice commands and invisible…
This Tiny Retro PC Is Your Alarm Clock, Speaker, and Pixel Canvas
Cozy desk setups have become a competitive sport. Tiny CRTs, retro keyboards, and beige plastic everywhere, usually looking very cute but doing very little beyond…
Timeless rotary phone reborn as modern AI-powered companion that plays music
Who can forget the charm of rotary phones that were a lifeline in the early ’90s and ’80s? Their iconic mechanical dialling wheel with finger…
This $3,500 Guitar Changes Colors via Bluetooth, No Repainting Needed
Guitarists obsess over finishes. Sunburst fades, metallic flakes, relic’d nitro that looks like it survived three decades of dive bars, all of it matters until…
This Cardboard Guitar Is 70% Air… But It Still Plays Like A Fender
Ten years ago, Fender and Signal put out a cardboard Stratocaster that made the rounds online and promptly disappeared into the “cool but impractical” category…
This Square Player Refuses to Stream Music, and That’s the Point
Streaming services turned album covers into tiny squares you scroll past on your way to something else. Phones made music convenient, but also turned it…