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If you think only certain instruments like the guitars and pianos could clearly show us how music is played, then let me correct you because the Noteput Music Table can perform that task as well as the instruments, or even better. It is an interactive musical device, allowing you to see, to hear and to feel the music simultaneously. The musical table employs the camera-based marker tracking, which could identify each note and their positions. So music (or sound) would then be created and heard as you place the musical notes onto the table. The notes could be played by using the sound of different instruments.

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Paintbrushes help you to draw beautiful pictures and instruments assist you to create celestial music. But the pencil we’re to argue today, however, also creates sound as you paint with it. How? Well, the secret is the sensor built inside the tip, which could detect the movements and therefore produce various sounds.

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The White Fruit Radio by Swann Bourotte could be another option in that you can find great convenience and pleasure brought by the development of technology. Made of sycamore, the radio also integrates an LED substrate hidden under the thin surface to reveal its status. It has no knob or button, but employs the top ridges for the users to control the volume and tunes—all you need to do is to rub finger across. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Can the water tower be used for any other purpose? Just come in and check it out… [Read the rest of this entry...]

Designed by Yuan-Hao Hsu and Lin Tzu Hsuan, the portable ‘MU SPACE’ not only allows you to enjoy music everywhere, but also functions as a mat and a pillow for you to take a nap during the break. In combination of a built-in speaker and an MP3 player, the music pillow is also compatible with USB and Memory Card. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Korean VIBEBS will launch their latest project- an open type vibration earphone ‘BS-80HD’ two months later. The innovative earphone features vibration functionality for bodily sensation, due to which VIBEBS has claimed to successfully promote its earphone collections. To ensure you a comfortable and safe using, the BS-80HD also adopts soft silicone tips to rest gently in the outer bowl of your ear. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The designers always know clearly what we’ll want, and they’ve come up with the products already before we consumers realize our needs. Just look at the Music Drop Mp3 Player, it’s obviously another product meant for “unexpected pleasure”. It adopts a projection system to take the place of traditional LCD screens and therefore allows the users to check out relevant information on their hands, the paper or even walls. Light-weight, portable, personalized-shape and an easy way to use, all those advantages make the player a ‘most-needed product’ on our grocery list. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The music is for sharing, for example, you could enjoy the same music with your friends by using the same pair of earphones. But what if three or more people want to enjoy the same music? Plug more pairs of earphones to your iPhone? You must be kidding. So you’ll need the ‘Altec Lansing Mini’, a practical mini speaker that creates a 360-degree sound field and therefore allows you to share perfect music with your buddies all the time.

It is applicable to any players with a 3.5mm audio port and powered by a built-in rechargeable lithium battery. And the point I love most is the interesting way to turn on the speaker and adjust its volume, which is all controlled by a simple twist. That is, you need to twist the speaker to a certain degree to make it work and twist it further to control the volume. Cool! [Read the rest of this entry...]

The thought never flash through the gamers’ mind that he or she could do something special for the game and other gamers. And the Famicom Guitar is rightly made to celebrate a gaming gathering. Coming with striking red and white, it is really a cute guitar, and especially perfect for kids.

Liberate your hands! That’s not a female emancipation’s slogan, but actually what a player asks you to do. Thanks to the finger ring that comes along, the Melody Balloon could be easily controlled while it flies in the air when you’re listening to the music. Isn’t that funny? Imagine a young girl comes to you, accompanied by a flying player…That’s so cool! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Many parents believe that music benefits to the intellectual development of kids, and they’ve been buying home music boxes, electronic organs, etc, ever since their children are still little babies. And here is another educational music toy they may want, Sound Track by Ricard Seola. As the track is embedded with small bumps to pluck the metal keys on the train, when the train runs on it, songs will then turn on. Moreover, the toy also features track sections so that children could rearrange them to produce different songs. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Well, I like that! The ocarina here points us another feature of iPhone, that is, blows to produce music. A wonderful idea, right? But to turn the phone into an ocarina, you firstly have to get two more iPhones and a fixer (a laser cut body, for example). Totally three iPhones! OMG, no wonder the iPhone Ocarina is deemed as the most expensive one all around the world.

If I were you, I would feel hesitant to wear the Dancepants Kinetic Music Player. Not that it’s heavy or ugly, but you have to keep in motion to have the MP3 player work. In other words, the player is powered by the kinetic energy generated during your motion, and the farer you run, the longer the player works. Then, how long will you wish it to work? [Read the rest of this entry...]

Well, forgive my ignorance, but who can tell me how could such a big OLED screen be hidden in the tiny triangular MP3? It’s really magic. Conceived by designer Lisa Kohanski, the Tripod MP3 Player could be transformed into a movie player if you pull the two halves apart. More amazingly, the movie player could also be remotely used with the MP3 control. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Inspiration! The inspiration of music is nature, life, and it usually comes to us all of a sudden. So to create shocking music, we may have to try those inspirations out whenever and wherever possible. And here is a portable Stylophone Beatbox, allowing you to mix and record your sounds all the time. It includes three sound modes, Drum Kit, Beatbox and Bass Stylophone. Wow, so everyone could be a DJ now, cool! [Read the rest of this entry...]