Sound

A musician has harnessed the power of two Nintendo Wii remotes to become a cyborg percussionist with the robo-band Jazari. His playing of one drum machine can evoke an automated response from another, so that he can go around the drum circle in a beautiful display of human-robot improvisation using solenoids.Read More

An entry at the Designboom/ MACEF competition, the “Mapuguaquén” (meaning “sound of the earth”) by Chilean designer Pablo Ocqueteau is a speaker system that is made in clay on a traditional potter’s wheel.Read More

The world's first voice recording dates back to 1860, more than 17 years before Edison's phonograph was invented

Thomas Edison's “Mary had a little lamb” on a sheet of tinfoil in 1877 wasn't the first recorded sound. A Frenchman named Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville was the first to record sound almost two decades earlier.Read More

A Sonic Blaster So Loud, It Could Be Deadly

The Thunder Generator uses mixture of liquefied petroleum, cooking gas, and air to create explosions, which in return generate shock waves capable of stunning people from 100 to 300 feet away. At that range, the weapon is absolutely harmless, making people run in panic when they feel the sonic blast hitting their bodies. However, at less than 30 feet, the Thunder Generator could either cause permanent damage or kill a person.Read More

Zero Gravity (Magnetic Levitation) Shelf from Moon Audio

Vibration elimination is well recognized to improve the sound of almost any component and Moon Audio's Zero Gravity magnetic levitation component stands accomplish this task by floating components on air - the ultimate vibration insulation material.Read More

Some outlandish acoustic listening devices developed for the Dutch Army as part of their air defense systems research between World War I and II. I have a feeling the results were less than stellar.Read More

Synthetic sound machine creates incredible effects that seem from out of this world

Kyle Evans created this instrument to experiment in the combination of the organic sound qualities of a didgeridoo with the advanced signal processing capabilities of modern computer programming and sound synthesis.Read More