Sound Chair
Although this chair looks like it’s made from LEGO, designer Matthew Plummer Fernandez actually used a much more geeky material in building it: sound waves. The Sound/Chair has contours that precisely match sound waves mapped on a 3D graph of volume (height), frequency (depth), and time (width).  We love the purple color, too (but [...]

Unusual new headphone design
The iSound, designed by Seohyun Baek, is a set of headphones that lets you to listen to your mp3 player while still hearing the background noise around you. That’s a pretty handy thing, especially when that background noise is oncoming traffic.

 
 
 Hearing voices in your head becomes less obvious now
This musical beanie is a blast. Pop it on your head, plug it into your iPod or any MP3 player, and you’ll be amazed at the sound quality from the integral speakers that fit snugly over your ears. Wearing a hat with headphones is a near impossibility, [...]

 
 The Freewheeler Speaker
The Freewheeler speaker features a frequency response of 52 – 21,000 Hz, a 112dB output, a built-in FM receiver, a battery life of 8 hours and a wireless range of 656 feet- but I’m having trouble figuring out what makes it worth $21,000.

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Amazing piece played skillfully on the telephone
The world gets a bit stranger every day. On this Chinese video, the person has mastered a rather difficult composition by playing the telephone keypads.
 

 
The work of Kim Kichul is something that delves very deep in to both the scientific world as well as the spiritual world. It is one of the most amazing works of abstract art which Kim puts in the form of a definite science and uses to try and find a spiritual metaphor to the [...]

For people with a clock fetish and lots of CDs
The time of day shouts at you from the edges of this Giant Digital Clock/CD holder. It’s a designer’s nod to the ‘80s when things like digital clocks and CDs were so fresh and new. If this not-really-giant 29×14-inch model is somehow too big for you, [...]

 Unnerving to some, educational and brilliant to others
In the tradition of Richard Feynman’s ode to orange juice, but spiced with actual information.
 

The Electric Nomad is a standard sized electric guitar that features all the usual features, usability and playability of a normal electric guitar; however, it is designed so that it collapses in on itself down to an easy to carry size.

1980s power-ballad mavens Journey and technology have a long-standing relationship. Back in 1983, they entered the geek psyche with the classic Journey arcade machine. Now they’re back in the electronics biz with their own MP3 player.

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 The iPhone Band
The weekend after the new iPhone’s release, more than 10 million applications were downloaded through the App Store. Some are free, some carry a fee, and most also work on the Wi-Fi-compatible iPod Touch.
Here are ten of the more notable music apps available. All are free, unless otherwise noted.

Montana Skies: Jenn Adams-cello, Jonathan Adams-guitar
Montana Skies playing a version of Mason Williams’ classic. (the arrangement adapted from and inspired by Tommy Emmanuel and Vanessa Mae versions.) “While my Guitar Gently Weeps” is in the middle. The original after the jump.

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Across The Universe – I Want You
The movie “Across The Universe” was a brilliant interpretation of some of the classic Beatles tunes. More videos after the jump.

 Kinda takes the emotion out of the music…
The technical and music worlds were taken by surprise when they heard about the robotic band from New Zealand a few months ago. The Trons consist of robots that are programmed to make and perform music. They were built using recycled and salvaged material. These humanoid robots are [...]

A Modular Sound Toy

This brightly colored modular recorder is made up of detachable cylinders that can each be separately loaded with a unique digital sound (either by using a PC to drag-and-drop it or by using it to manually record input) which can then be played with a push of a button.

Sure, Cibo Matto taught me how to know my chicken, but they are so much more important than that. Check out this amazing video of their tune “Sugar Water” and think for a moment how difficult it must have been to film.

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 There’s something magical about this instrument
The AirPiano is an innovative musical interface which allows playing and controlling software instruments simply by moving hands in the air.
 

This robotic clarinet player created by Australian research group took first prize at the Artemis Orchestra Competition, a contest in which engineers were challenged to create embedded systems capable of playing human instruments. It handles Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Flight of the Bumble Bee with the breathless disgorgement of rapid-fire notes you’d expect from an ADHD clarinet [...]

By all accounts, Kurt Cobain *loved* ukelele music, so he’s definitely spinning in his grave over this performance – spinning for JOY, that is.

All The Cool Robots Are Wearing Black These Days

Artist Fiddian Warman built some robots controlled by a neural network. Neural networks can learn, so he’s been playing them classic punk records in an attempt to turn them into robotic versions of his younger self. The robots are 2 metres tall and have the ability to [...]

After you decked out your Rock Band rig with a light show and smoke machine, I bet you thought you added all the cheap theatrics you’d ever want. But when I saw these light-up drumsticks, I knew there was just a little more you could do to crank your performances up to 11.

We wonder how he drives his car. A master at breaking the rules
Andy McKee is an American fingerstyle guitarist currently signed to the US-American record label Candyrat Records. His style of playing and his compositions have earned him a considerable fanbase; in late 2006, a live performance of his flagship song “Drifting” became a Featured [...]

Impressively well done music
Here is the world’s first iPhone band. Second video after the jump is amazing.

 Very crude by today’s standards, but a great story
Here is a look at the creation of one of the greatest pop records of all time: The Beatles’ Strawberry Field Forever. Second video after the jump.

 When you’re no good at playing an instrument, this may be your only option for making music
Put on this outfit, and your whole body turns into a musical instrument. That’s the promise of the Pacer Suit, a design concept that measures electrical impulses of your muscles and turns them into music or sound effects.