technabob » folding http://technabob.com/blog gadgets, gizmos, games, cool gadgets, geeky gadgets Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:53:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 tray table gets new identity as arcade stick http://technabob.com/blog/2009/02/05/tray-table-gets-new-identity-as-arcade-stick/ http://technabob.com/blog/2009/02/05/tray-table-gets-new-identity-as-arcade-stick/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:13:50 +0000 alisha k. http://technabob.com/blog/?p=8643 Customizing arcade-style gear has become quite the popular hobby lately, with arcade tables and personalized fighting sticks springing up all over. But sometimes these projects go a step beyond the normal, as with this folding table with an inset arcade controller.

diy fighting stick arcade tray table

Want to sit down while you play? No problem. Don’t want to hold your stick? Check. Need something stable that can also fit into a very small space? All that and more, all for the price of cutting and fitting everything together in your home workshop. Unfortunately, my home workshop only exists in my imagination, so I am left ogling other people’s creations.

diy fighting stick arcade tray table

At least that means I don’t have to deal with the sawdust. But clean-up is probably easier when you know a sweet gaming experience is waiting for you. Sawdust is temporary; fighting sticks are forever.

[TV Tabletop Flickr set via Hack N Mod]

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The Bergmönch folding bicycle is small enough to actually fold up into a backpack, and weighs in at just 9.5kg (appx. 21 pounds).

[via The Awesomer]

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Vax 77 Folding Keyboard

Once folded in two, the keyboard measures in at just 23.3″ (w) x 14.5″ (l), which should fall below the FAA regulation carry-on size, assuming it’s less than about 7-inches thick when it’s in its carrying bag. The Vax 77 weighs in at about 25 pounds, which should make it a bit easier to haul around than other keyboards, which usually weigh around twice as much.

The keyboard features 76 weighted keys and can control any MIDI or USB connected synthesizer module. The keyboard can pass all kinds of detailed data about key presses to a sound module including pressure, attack and release velocity. It even offers what’s considered a holy grail in electronic keyboards, polyphonic aftertouch.

Once released, each Vax 77 will be custom made to order, and buyers can choose from several colors as well as the weighting of your keys. Pricing hasn’t been announced yet, but the makers of the keyboard hope to keep the price in reach for working musicians, whatever that means.

If they figure out how to fold up a baby grand piano, I’ll buy one.

[via Music Thing]

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