Robot Guitarists Rock Out
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The Robotic GamelaTron Of Zemi17
You gotta love the Robotic GamelaTron of Zemi17 – and not just because its name makes you think of every cheesy sci fi movie ever made: Zemi17 has augmented Gamelan instruments that he brought back for his time in Indonesia while the LEMUR team has built customized interfaces and robotic mechanisms to enable the playing… Read More The Robotic GamelaTron Of Zemi17
Texas Style Musical Geekery: The Robotic Fish Choir
Remember the Big Mouth Billy Bass? You’d press a button (or trigger a proximity sensor for a surprise) and the fish would start singing either Al Greens Take Me To The River, or Bobby McFerrins Don’t Worry, Be Happy. Texan Richard Carter took a Volvo, 5 miles of wire, five 6-volt golf cart batteries, a… Read More Texas Style Musical Geekery: The Robotic Fish Choir
Get An Evil Robot Synthesizer For Halloween
Bleep Labs has reintroduced the ThingamaWEEN – an anthropmorphic robot synthesizer, styled for Halloween. Four options are available: Bella Lubleepy – vampire The Ghost of Robot TB1X – robo-ghost Jack-O-Lumen – jack-o-lantern The Modern Prometh-O-Lux – monster The Thingamaween retails for $130.
ThingamaKit Video
This video showcases the Thingamakit, a fun DIY project that lets you build your own anthropomorphic noise maker. Comes with: detailed instructions fully labeled components simply layed out circuit board with minimal hand wiring. 2 ready to blink LEDacles control panel and face stickers
New Movie Looks At How The Rock-afire Explosion Came To Cover “Miss New Booty”
Last year, we published an item about the animatronic robots of Showbiz Pizza Palace/Chuck E Cheese getting reprogrammed to perform gangsta rap, including a cover of Miss New Booty. Lots of people have fond memories of visits to see these cheesy robots as kids, and videos of the reprogrammed robots went on to become hits… Read More New Movie Looks At How The Rock-afire Explosion Came To Cover “Miss New Booty”
David Byrne On Machines and Souls (Máquinas y Almas)
[display_podcast] Remember David Byrne’s Julio – the creepy realistic animatronic singer? Byrne has written a post from the opening, at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid. In the post, he elaborates on the show and his throughts on his man-machine: I don’t think what I’ve addressed thus far really engages the… Read More David Byrne On Machines and Souls (Máquinas y Almas)
Thingamagoop Tries To Phone Home
Says cinnamonjuly: “I plugged up my Bleeplabs Thingamagoop to my EMS Synthi and it immediately started using the Synthi as some kind of weird transmitter to contact home.”
Isidore, The Modular Synth Robot
Isidore is the funky modular synth of DamagedMeat: This video is a demonstration of the latest version of Isidore with a screen in the head displaying waveforms and Lissajou shapes comin’ out from the MFB Videoscope module. All sounds by Doepfer A100 except micromoog bass in the 1st part and little melody in the 2nd… Read More Isidore, The Modular Synth Robot
The Musicanical Robot Freakshow
RozzoBianca is a Swiss “Robotical Freak Show” – a band with 4 different robots playing guitar, drums, megaphone and accordion made out of old industrial parts, controlled by MIDI, plus a singing skeleton. Here’s a video of them in action: via MusicThing
