Reinventing the Wheel
You’ve got a perfectly working software library to do just exactly what you want. Why aren’t you using it? Some of you are already yelling something about NIH syndrome or …read more Continue reading Reinventing the Wheel
Category Archives: learning
Startup designs turntable you can print and assemble yourself
Though digital accounts for much of our music consumption, vinyl sales have been steadily rising over the past few years, and turntables have returned to the living room hi-fi setup. But if you’re a maker looking for something a bit different, Frame Th… Continue reading Startup designs turntable you can print and assemble yourself
Russian startup hopes smart guitar will open playing to all
Learning to play the guitar is hard, and we’ve seen a number of solutions leveraging digital smarts to help kickstart the process and keep students engaged. The latest is a funky X-wing smart guitar from Russia that can be played by everyone from begin… Continue reading Russian startup hopes smart guitar will open playing to all
Follow-the-lights learning system installed on travel guitar
Nevada’s Fretlight has been making guitars with LEDs embedded in the neck for a good long while now, but all of its instruments so far have been full size electrics or acoustics. Now it’s going on the road with a travel version of its learning system.C… Continue reading Follow-the-lights learning system installed on travel guitar
Abacus.AI raises another $22M and launches new AI modules
AI startup RealityEngines.AI changed its name to Abacus.AI in July. At the same time, it announced a $13 million Series A round. Today, only a few months later, it is not changing its name again, but it is announcing a $22 million Series B round, led by Coatue, with Decibel Ventures and Index Partners participating […] Continue reading Abacus.AI raises another $22M and launches new AI modules
Yamaha makes learning piano EZ with follow-the-light keyboard
We’ve seen a few learning systems that help students to learn at their own pace by having them follow lights to form chords on a guitar or nail songs on a piano keyboard. The latest from Yamaha to do so is the EZ-300, which comes with songs built-in.Co… Continue reading Yamaha makes learning piano EZ with follow-the-light keyboard
AR app puts a virtual classical piano jam in your living room
Augmented reality has previously allowed us to place furniture in a room before buying, bring photos to life and go gaming on the streets. Now you can have a life-like avatar perform an upbeat version of a Beethoven classic in your front room.Continue … Continue reading AR app puts a virtual classical piano jam in your living room
Lights lead the way to rapid learning with the Poputar system
PopuBand Music launched a learning ukulele on Indiegogo in 2017 that had students follow lights on the neck to master popular tunes. Now the company is crowdfunding an LED-packing acoustic guitar and app learning system called the Poputar.Continue Read… Continue reading Lights lead the way to rapid learning with the Poputar system
BBC adds sound and touch to tiny micro:bit educational computer
Back in 2016, the BBC gave a million tiny computers to UK school kids for free as part of its Make It Digital project. The micro:bit boards were designed as learning tools to help get youngsters into coding, and now the tiny computer for tiny hands has… Continue reading BBC adds sound and touch to tiny micro:bit educational computer
EEG study finds brain activity differences between handwriting and typing
New research has analyzed brainwave patterns in both children and young adults while they wrote by hand and as they typed on a keyboard. The results revealed distinctly different brain patterns between the activities, leading the researchers to suggest… Continue reading EEG study finds brain activity differences between handwriting and typing