Remix Contest: Sounds from the Large Hadron Collider
December 30, 2010 – 10:05 pm | 416 Comments

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest particle accelerator that resides in a tunnel 27km in circumference beneath the earth near Geneva, Switzerland.
The purpose of the LHC is to help us understand some …

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Creepy Robotic hand plays keyboard
December 7, 2009 – 9:15 am | 2 Comments
Creepy Robotic hand plays keyboard

Kitty Clark is an artist and technology geek extraordinare.  One day, she must have thought to herself: “What do you get when you combine a couple of fans, a remote-controlled car and a weird robotic …

A synthesizer that makes … fonts?
November 21, 2009 – 9:25 am | 2 Comments
A synthesizer that makes … fonts?

Designers Rob Meek and Frank Müller have created a system that is a fusion of two very strange bedfellows, synths and typefaces. Meet the Meek FM Typographic Synthesizer:

The FM Typographic synthesizer consists of a knob-laden …

Strange DIY “keyytar” from 1974
November 19, 2009 – 10:03 am | 4 Comments
Strange DIY “keyytar” from 1974

Forest Terry Jr. (from the “Forest Power Band) came up with one of the stranger frankenstein instruments that I’ve seen in a while, and way back in 1974 he put out an album to show …

Octopulse!
November 9, 2009 – 3:07 pm | One Comment
Octopulse!

The Octopulse is in practical terms, a knitted synthesizer that was made to turn “unapproachable technology into an easily approachable, tactile and emotional object”.

Developed for the Yamaha Musical Instruments Research Lab, this crazy looking alien-bagpipe-thing …

Face the music – literally.
November 3, 2009 – 8:44 am | No Comment
Face the music – literally.

Daito Manabe is a computer programmer, artist, and all-around crazy DIY guy. He and some friends have interfaced some music with their faces.
The interface sends electrical impulses to muscles on their faces in …

The cat piano
October 19, 2009 – 9:18 pm | 15 Comments
The cat piano

Cats and synthesizers have become a bit of a synth-meme in the last year or two. I love synths, but I am definitely not a fan of cats . This is why the …

The talking piano
October 7, 2009 – 8:13 am | 17 Comments
The talking piano

Peter Ablinger was born in Austria, in 1959. He’s a graphic artist and a student of jazz, and he is a fairly prolific composer. Peter has made it his mission to question the nature …

GPS-based music controller – make music by driving!
September 10, 2009 – 8:35 am | No Comment
GPS-based music controller – make music by driving!

This is both crazy and completely awesome at the same time. A company called Face Removal Services has created a product called Beatmap. Beatmap is a musical instrument that transforms the entire face …

Casio Sk1 Hockey Game
September 4, 2009 – 11:07 am | One Comment
Casio Sk1 Hockey Game

The organ and keyboard “chants” are such a staple of hockey games that this thing almost makes sense. This ingenious crazy looking device is a hockey game that is controlled by a Casio Sk1 keyboard.

Each …

The Breakcore Kid
September 1, 2009 – 4:12 pm | One Comment
The Breakcore Kid

Kukowa brings us this awesome little video, the Breakcore Kid. Combining video and audio sampling, it’s freaking hilarious.
Just watch: