Dyson digital motors, vacuum cleaners, air purifiers and bladeless fans have been stripped down, mashed up and merged with other instruments to produce notes and harmonies that will accompany the Orion Orchestra for a premier performance at London's Cadogan Hall this weekend.
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Zivix has announced the third generation of its pleasantly portable Jamstik smart guitar MIDI controller. The company is now offering different models to serve learners and more experienced players – with more frets, more power and (hopefully) more picking fun.
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PopuBand Music's smart ukulele combines app-based smarts with follow-me LED lighting, promising students of the uke that they'll be strumming their first song within 15 minutes. New Atlas has spent the last few weeks getting our four-string groove on.
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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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An operating theater isn't somewhere you'd normally expect to see someone belt out a saxophone solo lying on the table with their brain exposed. But that's exactly what musician Dan Fabbio did, as surgeons removed a tumor from his brain without disrupting his professional skills.
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Scientists have been experimenting for some years with electroencephalography (EEG) as an interface for mind-controlled devices. Now a group of researchers has developed the Encephalophone, a musical instrument that can be played using the power of your mind.
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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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Stringed instruments bowed by a wheel cranked by hand have been around for centuries, and come in many shapes and sizes. Inspired by 16th century instruments, model maker UGears has launched a self assembly hurdy gurdy kit on Kickstarter that should appeal to wooden puzzle fans and musicians alike.
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Tablets are everywhere in music rehearsal rooms these days, but for all their convenience, they represent quite a few compromises when compared to good old printed sheets. So Japanese company Terrada Music Score Co. has gone all-out to produce the ultimate electronic alternative to sheet music.
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The automat offers laptop or smartphone tunesmiths the opportunity to create something distinctly analog. A control box acts as the go-between for MIDI software and a bunch of bashers and beaters that can be placed near such things as plastic boxes, metal balls or glass jars to sound the melody.
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