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musician releases album on an nes cartridge

filed under: strange and wonderful | video games

Alex Mauer’s Vegavox NES Cartridge

Electronic musician Alex Mauer composes music from the electronic beats and blips of the original sound chips found in classic video game systems.

So it’s only appropriate that he’d release an album that plays on the classic Nintendo NES gaming system. His album, entitled VEGAVOX ships on a cartridge the plugs into the console…

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July 8th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

your own mini theremin

filed under: strange and wonderful

Gakken Mini Theremin

The Theremin is quite possibly the strangest musical instrument ever made. Invented in 1919, it was one of the world’s first electronic instruments. The Theremin produces its otherworldly sounds without ever touching it.

Soon, you’ll be able to get your own miniature Theremin to put on your desktop…

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July 5th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

bandai electronic bubble wrap popper

filed under: cool toys | gadgets | strange and wonderful

PuchiPuchi Electronic Bubble Wrap

Sometimes, you just can’t resist popping all that bubble wrap that your latest gadget purchase came shipped in. Well now you can feed that compulsion any time, thanks to this new gizmo from Bandai.

The PuchiPuchi (rough translation) is a pocket-sized electronic device that simulates the sound and feel of popping bubble wrap…

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June 24th, 2007 8 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

flame: the talking midi synthesizer

filed under: audio | gadgets | retro

Flame MIDI Talking Synthesizer

Dig that retro “Speak & Spell” sound? This sound module out of Germany produces an array of interesting eighties-esque bleeps, blips and fuzz that can incorporate little bits of speech and other sound effects.
The Flame Talking Synth can also be driven by a MIDI controller so you can really compose some serious electronica using one of these and composition software…

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April 20th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

otokibako: crank up the tunes, literally.

filed under: gadgets | just plain fun

otokibako electronic music box

This electronic kit from Japan looks like a traditional music box from the outside, but when you open up the cover, it reveals an array of electronics that play music read from specially encoded music sheets.

Elekit’s OTOKIBAKO plays music data from strips of paper with black and white bars on them…

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March 20th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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