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The core ethos of “hacking” is usually interpreted as modifying something for a use that it wasn’t originally built for. Plenty of builds are modifications or improvements on existing technology, …read more Continue reading Custom Piano Tickles the Ivories
Anyone who uses a smartphone will likely be familiar with NFC technology, which is used for such things as contactless payments, data sharing between devices and secure logins. To demonstrate the versatility of the technology when combined with printed… Continue reading Paper-thin piano demonstrates the power of printed electronics and NFC
Could an existing piano player adapt to playing the instrument with an extra, robotic thumb? A new study suggests that the answer is yes, and interestingly enough, even people who are new to the piano are equally adept at using the added appendage.Cont… Continue reading Test subjects show surprising ability to play piano with a third thumb
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that sometimes a little music can add much to a nice afternoon picnic. It’s also well-known that meat cooked over hot coals should be turned …read more Continue reading Finally, A Piano BBQ Grill That You Can Drive Around the Workshop
[JanHerman] knows that tuning musical instruments is all about precision and that precision is measured in a logarithmic unit called a cent. A cheap tuner unit might be accurate to …read more Continue reading Arduino Piano Tuner is Pitch Perfect
Pianos. People love having them around. My dad’s a prime example; he doesn’t think a house is a home until it’s got a piano in it. Never mind the fact that he can barely play chopsticks – his own piano’s chief function is to send him into fits of rage … Continue reading Steinway’s grand pianos can now sync up and control each other live
Do you know how a piano works? Sure, you press a key and a hammer strikes a string, but what are the finer points of this operation? The intricacy of …read more Continue reading Printed Piano Mechanism Sure is Grand
It’s not every day we see a grand piano with a Raspberry Pi inside, let alone one with 96 motors, but sometimes we get lucky. The contraption in question is one developed by [Konstantin Leonenko], as part of a collaboration …read more
Continue reading Continuous Excitation Piano Machine Looks Nervous, Sounds Grand
Just when you think you’ve seen every possible way to play the piano, [Alessandro Perini] came up with a new one. In this piece, written for the percussionist [Irene Bianco], hand-held motors become a tangible interface between composer, electronic music …read more
Continue reading Tiny Motors Enable Experimental Piano Performance
It’s perhaps not much of a stretch to imagine a computer program that could visually identify which pieces of music were being performed in silent piano-playing videos. A new AI system goes further, however, by digitally reproducing the sound of that p… Continue reading AI tech reproduces realistic music from silent piano-playing videos