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Touchscreen iMac Comes With a (Sonic) Chair
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Do you think that there are a lot of people who are just dying to sit inside a speaker? The makers of the Sonic Chair think so. It has 2-way speakers, a subwoofer, and the chair itself is a “sound membrane”. To entice even more people to part with their money,… |
December 19th, 2008
Yorozu Sound Resolution: Any Surface is a Speaker
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Got a spare cardboard box lying around? How about an old suitcase? Why not turn your junk into a speaker? Fresh from the streets of Japan, the Yorozu Audio Sound Revolution kit lets you transform just about anything into a speaker. Simply mount the Yorozu’s vibrating sonic transducer wherever you… |
December 16th, 2008
Cheap Foldable Noise Canceling Headphones [Such a Deal]
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A few months ago my friend’s globetrotting father bought a pair Bose noise canceling headphones. The reason: he felt compelled to buy one after sharing one too many plane rides with Bose-wearing businessmen. Too bad he didn’t wait for these headphones from Ableplanet, because right now they are dirt-cheap. How… |
December 3rd, 2008
Tuned Bear iPod Speaker: Louder Than the Average Bear
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Stuffed animal lovers, here’s a new portable audio setup that’s perfect for you – assuming that your animal of choice happens to be a faceless shiny bear, that is. Made by Hirokawa Japan, Tuned Bear is a complete sound system for your media player, stuffed inside a teddy bear. Sound… |
November 17th, 2008
Xpod: Tiny Speakers Fit in Your Pocket
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Want to share your music when you’re out and about? Sure, you could ask your friends to try on your crusty headphones, or you could reach into your pocket and pull out a pair of these tiny speakers. XPod Active Sound speakers could be the smallest portable speakers I’ve seen… |
November 14th, 2008
IPhone Ocarina: Go Blow (Into Your iPhone)
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I’ve seen all sorts of musical instruments running on the iPhone, but this is the first one I’ve come across that might involve getting a little spit on your screen. Smule’s new iPhone app, Ocarina turns your iPhone into a fully-functional musical wind instrument. This amazing little application works very… |
November 7th, 2008
Zagg Z.Buds Earphones Give iPhone Owners a Choice
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Ever since the iPhone hit stores a couple of years back, I’ve been an addict. While the iPhone itself is a star, I’ve never thought all that much of the earbuds that come with it. Now iPhone cronies have another choice for listening to tunes and making phone calls. I… |
November 2nd, 2008
Zumreed Turntable Speaker for Pocket Sized Djs
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Here’s a fun little sound system you can connect to your portable media player. ZumReed’s Pocket DJ Speaker looks like a tiny little turntable. The mini speaker is small enough to carry on your keychain, hang from a briefcase, bookbag or purse strap. In keeping with the turntable theme, volume… |
October 25th, 2008
Sound/Chairs Get Their Shape From Audio Waves
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This wild piece of modern furniture may look like an abstract shape from the mind of its creator, but it’s actually been precisely engineered from a 3-dimensional waveform plot of a brief audio clip. To make his Sound/Chair, designer Matthew Plummer-Fernandez started with a 3D plot based on the volume,… |
October 6th, 2008
Gakken Sx-150 Analog Synthesizer is a Hacker’S Delight
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The Gakken SX-150 is a little analog synthesizer kit that came packaged in a recent issue of a Japanese DIY science magazine. Now, these funky mini synths have started to show up around the globe, leaving all sorts of interesting beeps, blips and squeals in their wake. Originally included in… |
September 27th, 2008
