Cheesetacular.

This is a quick, Bourne-o-vision video demo of the Casio KX-101 keyboard boombox, a relic from the glory days of boomboxes.

If you’ve got a Casio KX-101 send it to me, or at least leave a comment and let us know what you think of it!

via munnsey

As a part of the design event Urban Play 2, Droog Design and curator Scott Burnham asked NL Architects to bring in ideas for interactive urban interventions.

One of NL’s contributions is the Boom Bench. 

The Boom Bench features eight 60-watt co-axial speakers and two subwoofers that can be accessed by users through Bluetooth. Sit down on the bench, access the Boom Bench via Bluetooth, and you’ve got a monster size boom box playing your tunes at 95 dB.

Plus, a Bass Shaker in the seat transforms the deep sounds into vibrations to enhance the physical sensation of your tunes. 

The first Boom Bench was placed on the North bank of the River IJ, right in the physical center of Amsterdam. If any of our Amsterdam readers have a chance to check it out, leave a comment and let us know what you think.

Urban Play is an exhibition and an interactive route along the IJ River. Urban Play believes that “street-level inventiveness, energy and innovation is the future of creativity in the city”.

It will be shown as part of this year’s Experimenta Design Amsterdam 2008 (EXDA), the international design festival first organized in Lisbon in 1999.

via Michael Schoner via Hackaday

Recycle Your Boombox – to the beat, ya’ll. F

If you know anything about this recycling video, let me know in the comments.

This little slice of retro boombox goodness is the Sharp MR-990, not just a boombox, but a boombox witha built-in “detachable keyboard computer capable of piano and rhythm functions.”

It was released in 1985, at a price of $550, and featured a 5-band graphic equalizer, detachable speakers and the “melody computer.”

There’s a lot more boombox madness at PocketCalculatorshow.com.