Collaborate Disseminate
It’s 2024. You’ve probably got one or more pairs of wireless headphones around the house. [Barnso] prefers wired headphones with a long cable, but he also decries the fact that …read more Continue reading Pulley System Makes Headphone Cables More Managable
While the death of Apple’s Lightning Connector can’t come soon enough, swapping the ports on their products as “category-defining innovations” seems a bit of a stretch. [Ken Pillonel] has designed …read more Continue reading Add USB-C to Your AirPods the Easy Way
The 1990s seem to have reached that point at which they are once more considered cool, and ephemera of the decade has become sought-after. One of the unlikely software hits …read more Continue reading Winamp Releases Source Code, But Is It Really Open?
If you missed the introduction of the Axis-49 and Axis-64 keyboards by C-Thru Music, you’re definitely not alone. At the time it was a new musical instrument that was based …read more Continue reading Harmonic Table Keyboard Brings Old Idea Back to Life
Sometimes, startups fail due to technical problems or a lack of interest from potential investors and fail to gain development traction. This latter case appears to be the issue befalling …read more Continue reading A3 Audio: The Open Source 3D Audio Control System
[befi] brings us a project as impressive as it is reminiscent of older times, a Blu-Ray mini disk player. Easily fitting inside a pocket like a 8 cm CD player …read more Continue reading An Ingenious Blu-Ray Mini-Disk Player
Ultranet is a protocol created by audio manufacturer Behringer to transmit up to 16 channels of 24-bit sound over a Cat-5 cable. It’s not an open standard, though: Behringer doesn’t …read more Continue reading Reverse Engineering the Behringer Ultranet Protocol
You can do some wild things with sound waves, such as annoy your neighbours or convince other road users to move out of your way. Or, if you get into …read more Continue reading Sonolithography With The Raspberry Pi Pico
If you’ve ever wondered what lies beneath the barely visible hole in the can of a MEMS microphone, you’re in luck, because [Zach Tong] has a $10 pair of earbuds …read more Continue reading Up Close and Personal with a MEMS Microphone
These days, you have to be careful what you buy. Counterfeit hardware is everywhere, especially when you’re purchasing things sight unseen over the Internet. [Jon Bruner] recently set out to …read more Continue reading CT Scanner Reveals The Difference Between Real and Fake AirPods