Ex-Googler Pierre Lebeau and team first let the Keecker home entertainment robot out of its box at CES in Las Vegas at the beginning of 2014. A successful Kickstarter followed in October and work began on production. Now, the consumer version has finally been launched.
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The nura headphones aren't your typical over-ear cans. They also rock an in-ear bud inside each cup and tune the music to the individual wearer. We got to try out a prototype last year, and now the production version has been launched. Though stocks are limited for 2017.
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The Quiubo from Mexico's Hombre Orchestra has been designed to make music creation fun, with players using its faces to tap out rhythms or pluck virtual guitar strings, or shake out a beat while tipping and twisting to add crazy effects.
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Boutique audio gear from New York's McIntosh Labs is generally big, blocky and booming. Even its headphone amp tips the scales at over 25 pounds. But now this monstrous personal listening enhancer is about to get a smartphone-sized sibling designed for on-the-move music lovers.
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There is something compelling about watching a mechanical being imitate the art and skill of playing a musical instrument. The latest crazy robot musical symphony comes in Automatica - a project that enlists several industrial robots to form a giant mechanical orchestra with amazing results.
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Specdrums has been designed for folks who just can't contain their inner rhythm, which breaks out in the form of finger drumming on any surface within reach. The smart ring wirelessly connects to a smartphone running an app and transforms finger taps on colors from everyday objects into sounds.
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, much of the virtually reality development focus at the moment seems to be on entertainment. But making music has also been getting some attention, and now AliveIn has created an app that's designed to bring Ableton's Live sequencer and digital audio workstation to life.
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It's August 8, and Roland is celebrating by once again giving musicians the opportunity to back their creations with the robot-like rim shots, unrealistic snare and booming kick of one of the first drum machines, the TR-808. The new TR-08 stays true to the original, but adds a few modern touches.
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Simmons has released a new flagship electronic drumkit named the SD2000 Mesh Head Electronic Drum Kit, which features expressive mesh drum pads, multi-zone crash and ride cymbals, wireless hi-hat foot controller and a sound module packed with vintage and contemporary acoustic kit sounds.
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Last year, sonic wizard Sam Battle transformed an old kids bike into a rolling synthesizer. Now he's updated the design for a Science Gallery Dublin exhibit, plonking an analog synth and drum sequencer between the handlebars of a BMX. This time though, the Synth Bike 3.0 goes nowhere fast.
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