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What would a tree sound like, if the trees can eventually sing a song? If you’re curious about that too, you should never miss Bartholomäus Traubeck’s Years tree ring record player. It is an incredible player that is constructed with a turntable, a PlayStation Eye Camera, a stepper motor, and a computer running Ableton Live. Every time you put a tree ring record on it and start the player, it will then move slowly to reveal the unique sound of the tree. Does the music of tree sound nice? Hit the jump to listen to the Years and you’ll get your answer.

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Announced to debut at CES 2012, the iShower is a Bluetooth-enabled shower speaker that can connect to iPad, iPhone, iPod or Android devices within a 200 feet radius so that the users can still enjoy beautiful music while taking a shower. It is completely water-proof, and can work for up to 15 hours continuously. To allow the users an easy control of their devices, the iShower features play/pause/forward/rewind & volume keys too.

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Why are designers so innovative? Almost every time I met some new designs I would ask myself that question. So you know, that question emerged again, after I accidentally saw the AudioBulb, Wireless Speaker Light Bulbs that bring both light and music to your home. It’s easy to use: simply replace ordinary bulbs with the AudioBulb, insert you iPod into the included dock, and then you’ll hear beautiful music coming from any places of your house. With warm light filled with your rooms, the AudioBulb is certainly the best thing related to the word “romantic”.

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MegaPhone by Ene&is is an amplifier made of ceramic for iPhone. Except for the ceramic piece that helps to accomplish the best sound, there’s also a thin wooden frame on bottom to let the object float off the table. With those two parts working together, the MegaPhone features really strong vibrations to create a nice sound.

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If you’re looking for something smart to help you manage your earbuds, the Ear MIKI Earphone is rightly the one you need. Though merely a concept at the time, the gadget seems as cute as the cartoon Mickey, and neatly holds the line of your earphone or other devices. When not in use, you can simply wear it around your finger, just like a cool ring.

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What a bundle of contradictions is a man! Surely we’re all pursuing modern products with high technology, but on the other hand we’re looking back for old things that ever amazed us. Until the Player & Tape Concept comes to us.

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Angry Birds are here again. This time they come with a new function, and that’s to work as portable speakers. Still, they are designed to be cute and nice, especially good for people who love angry birds. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Stephen Ambrose’s Self-inflating Earbuds is a clever solution to help the wearers hear sounds clearly while not hurting their ear drums. The technology is called the Ambrose Diaphonic Ear Lens (ADEL), and it’s a 2.5-micron thick polymer membrane that can inflate in ears to redirect acoustic energy or sound vibrations in your ears to the outside world. As a result, we may clearly hear sound at a lower volume and save our ears from damaging audio effects. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Earphone, also an alarm clock! Specially designed for music lovers who are used to wearing earphones to enjoy music before sleep, this Alarm Earphone is built with alarm, calendar, stopwatch and other functions, making it a most competitive earphone we’ve ever met. More importantly, it can set alarm clock automatically and alarms you up in the morning with required volume of music. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Well, MP3 devices do need some change, and we’re quite happy to see Giha Woo and his “Plug and Player”. The new product is designed with an electrical plug so that it could be charged by directly plugging it to electricity. Although it’s merely a concept at present, I bet we’ll soon find it on the market. Believe me. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Hey all you music lovers, divert your attention from digital players or speakers! Let me show you something interesting. It is the USB Phonograph, an old classic music player that comes with a modern look. Simply connect it to your computers and you can enjoy your music played with a phonograph, isn’t that great? Truly we love everything that would evoke our happy memories of the past days. [Read the rest of this entry...]

One piece of equipment that most boys and girls may be interested in is of course the speakers, and quite often they spend many months and days in making unique ones-speakers that can represent their own characteristics. And here we’d like to share some interesting concepts with you guys, so can you imagine that they’re all built by computer fanciers rather than professionals? [Read the rest of this entry...]

Any athletes would wanna such a creative headphone that attaches firmly onto their heads and therefore ensures them an outstanding performance even if they’re in the sport. With Sweatband Headphone, you will never have your headphones break or fly when you go bungee jumping. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Obviously the Robot Headphone Splitter is another gift you need to get for your friends. It comes with a cute look and its two eyes are actually headphone sockets that allow at least two people to enjoy music at the same time. The silver guy is compatible with any devices that have a 3.5 mm headphone socket, thus whenever you’d like to share music with a friend, you can easily make it. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Michael Jackson’s album Thriller has affected many people. It also inspires Johnny Lighthands to create the Graveyard Shift Headphone, which is not only a true work of art but a fully functional device. I really couldn’t wait to listen to Thriller again with the awesome headphone. [Read the rest of this entry...]