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Some interesting things I bookmarked on del.icio.us on April 10th, 2008:

# Scientists ask: Can you sing death metal without ruining you voice? – Dr Julian McGlashan from Queens Medical Center in Nottingham asks whether the non-melodic bits of singing – the grunting and growling that ranges from Bryan Adams gentle grit to the full death growl – can be performed safely without knackering your voice.

# Cube3 – A tiny (1"x1"x1") digital audio player with OLED color display. In addition to listening to music, you can now view digital images and watch video clips (magnifying glass sold separately…)
Cube3 features

• Supports MP3, WMA, and “Protected” WMA (DRM)
• PlaysForSure™ Certified – Compatible with music download and subscription-based sites.
• Podcast Ready™ -enabled
• View Digital Images and Watch Video Clips
• Available in 2GB
• Full Color OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) Display
• Rechargeable Lithium Polymer Battery – 10 Hour Playtime
• FM Tuner, FM Recording, and Voice Recording
• SRS WOW HD (High Definition) and TruBass Sound Enhancement
• High Quality SRS Designed Earbuds
• Single Connector for Headphone, File Downloads, and Charging

# Build Your Own Electric Guitar! – Gbuilder writes: I have built several electric guitars over the years and through trial and error have learned many helpful tips that anyone who might want to tackle this sort of project needs to know before starting out.

# Psychosynth – a free software synthesizer inspired by the ideas of the Reactable.

# Teaser: ammoBox Project Digitally Scratches … What? – Nathan Ramella (co-creator of the Unofficial Ableton Live API) put Live and turntables together in a way you haven't seen before.

# Arduino and Silvia: Two Italians, One Tangled Affair – In this precisely hot affair, the Italian born microcontroller board, Arduino, has won the heart of a sensuous piece of Italian engineering named Silvia, an espresso machine by Rancilio.

Some interesting things I bookmarked on del.icio.us on February 4th, 2008:

• Pocket Electronic – An universal electronics DIY kit to build your own MIDI control box. Up to 16 controlling elements can be connected to PE transmitting 16 different MIDI messages on different (or even the same) MIDI channels.
• Our daily bread – A film about where your food comes from in this age of globalization.
• gaussmarkov: diy fx » Fuzzy Logic – A unique circuit for guitar effects builders. It uses readily available SIP sockets to allow easy transistor swapping.

Fuzzy Logic by Gaussmarkov

• Remove shake and motion blur from photos – Nathan Willis dissected three applications for removing the effects of camera movement from your photos.
• Mythbusters, airplane on a conveyor belt – Kottke’s liveblogging account of the Airplane on a conveyor belt myth.
• Red Bull Art Of Can – Red Bull Art of Can is a national juried exhibition featuring artwork in a variety of media that have one thing in common?they are all inspired by Red Bull or crafted from the iconic blue and silver cans.
• Star Wars R2-D2 Peppermill – Not that you’ve noticed… but all fine restaurants on Tatooine feature R2-D2 pepper grinders. Usually after you order your salad of Dagobah greens a Wookie will come around and offer you some fresh ground pepper from one of these handy droid-based mills.

Check out this analogue ring by Etsy user Analogue Aesthetics.

analogue ring – pretty cool but a bit bulky perhaps (14mm height)…

The product page reads:

Sterling silver ring with built-in microphone that works! Crafted by hand, this version is the brushed finish look with a brushed perforated aluminum lid. Looks fantastic when used as a microphone or in standby mode as jewellery.

The ring comes in a US size 8 and a connection cable (3.5mm minijack) is included in the package so you can start recording right away. Price tag: $105 USD.

There’s a brushed version available as well.

Link via Boing Boing

Some interesting things I bookmarked on del.icio.us on October 24th, 2007:

• Non-lethal mousetraps by Roger Arquer – These traps might not be very efficient, but they make for great photography.
• Heckling Hare: step-by-step construction lesson – John K explains (in a video tutorial) how to draw this frame from Tex Avery’s “Heckling Hare”. It’s a hilarious scene animated by Rod Scribner.
• Fearing Crime, Japanese Wear the Hiding Place – Though street crime is relatively low in Japan, quirky camouflage designs like this vending-machine dress are being offered to an increasingly anxious public to hide from would-be assailants.

Can you spot where the person is hiding? Hilarious and sad at the same time…

• Gmail IMAP – Gmail now supports IMAP!
• PlusDeck – Cassette-to-MP3 converter – Still have old cassette tapes worth saving? You can easily convert them to digital formats with plusdeckEX and plusdeck2c. (or just don’t be lazy and hook up your old cassette player to your computer…)
• Chris Gilmour – Beautiful cardboard sculptures, including a typewriter, 12 speed bicycles, a grand piano, a coffee machine, and a life size car.

Is it a piece of candy? Is it a planet? Is it a new type of bowling ball?

Well, you already read the post title so you already know the answer… It’s Sony Ericsson’s MBS-100, a portable cell phone speaker.

The MBS-100 is the first portable speaker from Sony Ericsson able to stream music wirelessly from your phone via Bluetooth. This 1.5 watt speaker has a 900mAh Li-lon battery, good for about 5 hours of music streaming.

According to Crave, these speakers will be available from Q1 2008, in selected Asia-Pacific markets.

Link via OhGizmo!

I·lusió has released v0.25 of BeatPhone, a beatbox application for the iPhone.

BeatPhone lets you tap beats and manipulate samples on a beatbox-like interface for the iPhone.

BeatPhone v0.25 features

• 9 one-shot pads
• 6 loop-pads
• Samples in “any” format : WAV, AIFF, …
• Output at 44.1kHz, 16-bits
• Up to 256 samples polyphony

You can use your own samples to create drum kits. The next version will feature strudder pads (stop previous playback and start again), metronome, BPM detection on “tap”, loop stretching, recording samples and live mixes, a landscape sequencer, and a tactile effect box.

Check I·lusió for more information, and a link to download the latest version of BeatPhone.