Tag Archive for 'bizarre'
Did you know that Tesla coils can sing? ArcAttack, an AV-DJ group, certainly do, and they’re behind the world’s first Singing Tesla Coils High-Voltage DJ system. Basically, the electrical arcs shot out by the coils actually create audible square waves, similar to original analogue synthesizers.
Check out the video of the Singing Tesla Coils in action, [...]
PMPs can hang round your neck, clip onto your pocket and dangle from your belt; why not pin onto your clothes? That’s Newman’s latest tactic with their ‘Cool Man’ MP3 player, a basic PMP the unique-selling-point of which is the convenience of being able to attach it to yourself. Plus, it means you can have [...]
Desktop computers designed with handles to be “luggable” are nothing new, and we’ve even seen a few with an LCD display embedded into the side, but Acme Portable don’t want you to miss out on your multi-screen convenience when you travel. That’s why the GTS370 has a total of three swing-out LCD panels, each 17-inches [...]
Is the tech world set to split into “those who understand the Sony Rolly” and “those that don’t”? No, probably not, but AP’s Rachel Metz would certainly fall into the latter category. In her review of the bizarre twitching, wiggling, flashing PMP speaker - which officially went on sale in the US earlier this month [...]
Canadian firm Suissa Computers have revealed their latest unusual design, the Enlighten PC. Reminiscent of a retro music system, perhaps, the Enlighten in fact is a custom wood, metal and glass case with separated components to boost cooling. And unlike similarly artistic cases, the Enlighten doesn’t skimp on its computing credentials: a choice of Intel Quad [...]
These DIY batgoggles may have a well-intentioned purpose - to teach the principles of echo-location to kids visiting a science center - but they also could make midnight paintballing a whole lot more interesting (and/or painful). Bleeping angrily whenever an object or person is in front of you, they’re part of Suneth S. Attygalle’s “Dynamic User-centered Research [...]
Sony’s Rolly dancing wireless speaker robot might be a relatively pointless frippery, but now it’s a pointless frippery you can officially buy in the US. The company has announced that the easter-egg-sized “Sound Entertainment Player” is now available in retail stores across the country, having been available exclusively in Japan for some time now. [...]
It’s not exactly consumer electronics, but if you’re of the mind that a person’s biggest gadget is their home, then Patri Friedman and Wayne Gramlich’s Seasteading project might tempt your credit card out of your wallet. Originally conceived as a way to experiment with “diverse social, political, and legal systems”, the scheme involves floating spars [...]
I’ve a weakness for odd, glitchy music makers, and Chimera’s BC16 Mini-Synth looks like a perfect example of the breed. The size of a CD (only thicker, obviously), the BC16 might look like a bedroom project but it’s actually being factory manufactured and finished by hand; the patch cables link up the VCO, LFO, Envelope, [...]
Despite the fact that they’re, generally, frustratingly difficult to tell the time from, I do have a soft spot for Tokyoflash watches. One of the company’s more recent designs, the Oberon, has been diving in and out of stock for a while now, but they’re celebrating a return to availability with the launch of [...]
