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Tactile Patch Sheets are open 3D-printed synth overlays for vision accessibility
Patch sheets and synth overlays too often assume sighted users – so how do you make them accessible for people with low vision or blindness? Geert Bevin and Tim Burgess have tried 3D-printed patch sheets for the Moog DFAM and Mavis. They’re open source and could be a starting point for more; we’d love to hear from people with different levels of sight about whether this works for you.
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This drum machine turns children’s heartbeats into music, raising visibility of kids’ heart defects
Teenage Engineering and designer Love Hultén worked together on the design for the CHD-4, a drum machine based on electrocardiograms. The object went on auction on Valentine’s Day this week, in an effort to raise visibility of Congenital Heart Disease.
Playtronica’s Orbita explores sequences on physical, kinetic turntable, launching soon
Inspired by objects like wall clocks and reel-to-reel tape machines, Orbita is a sequencer whose interaction is physical and kinetic, via small discs placed on a turntable. The twist is, it’s not just a design demo – you’ll be able to buy one yourself.
Peter Kirn - August 30, 2021
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A DIY machine imagines 808 kicks if they were made of actual fire
Peter Kirn - January 24, 2019
DIY + Unusual Stories Tech
What if you could touch and feel a score?
Peter Kirn - February 2, 2017
Music Music tech
How expressive input, immersive 3D might make PCs cooler than Macs
Peter Kirn - October 31, 2016
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MICKEYPHON is a terrifying giant robot head that’s also a musical instrument
Peter Kirn - January 12, 2016
Motion Music Music tech
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