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robots + classical music + horror = robotic piano hand

robotic piano hand

I think Gomez and Morticia should get this robotic hand piano to keep Thing company. Like Thing, the robotic hand piano doesn’t talk. Actually it can’t talk. Anyway, although it can’t talk, it can play classical music. And by play I mean two things: audio playback of its built-in classical piano music, and air piano, meaning…

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January 8th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: cool toys just plain fun robots

bachpod: classical music on the go

bachpod bach classical music ipod

Classical music store Passionato has packed the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach into an equally classic 120 Gb iPod classic. Classic classic classic. From the pictures on the site it doesn’t seem like the iPod has any Bachmarks on it, unlike the U2 iPod, but even at £499 ($748) this thing is still quite…

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December 16th, 2008 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: audio media players

music orb: portable music goes back to nature

Music Orb

Ok, I’ll say it now. This music player only plays one tune, “Voi Che Sapete,” from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, but it sure looks cool doing it.

The Music Orb is a perfectly smooth wooden globe that contains a tiny mechanical music box. Artisans on the fringes of Germany’s Black Forest handcraft natural oak…

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August 3rd, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio design media players