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A Solar-Powered, Outdoor DJ Booth and Interactive Dance Floor for Public Playgrounds
Swingsets? Basketball courts? Dutch interactive design firm Yalp imagines populating futuristic public playgrounds with DJ decks and dance floors, for today’s teens. First, there’s the Fono DJ booth. It’s an outdoor public DJ booth, steel-cased with 14 light-up touch panels. Add a couple of phones, and kids can stream their own music, using the touch […]
Read moreTake a Solar-Powered Tuner Wherever You Go, Says Tascam … But Environmental?
Sure, we spend a lot of time looking at far-out gear and high technology, but you have to tip your hat to practicality. Tascam’s TC-1S is a compact, portable tuner that you can take anywhere. Solar and USB power mean you never have to worry about powering it, either. Features: 12-tone equal-tempered chromatic tuner. Input […]
Wrist Synths: Whisper-Quiet Wearable Wristband FM; Solar-Powered Beats
Tired of all those DIY electronics projects making an awful racket? This one is whisper-quiet. You may have to turn up your volume to hear it at all. Project creator Andrew Benson (maker of many wonderful things for Cycling ’74) writes: I just finished sewing together an FM synthesizer that lives on a wristband and […]
Solar-Powered Music Studios: Could Solar Stop Climate Crisis?
Peter Kirn - August 1, 2006
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