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These Are The Cameras Currently Shooting On Mars
Curiosity Cam We've taken a look at some of the instruments Mars rover Curiosity will be using now that it's arrived at its destination, and our friends at PopPhoto have a look at the cameras that are...
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First Color Image of Mars Beamed Back to Earth by Curiosity Rover
First Color Image From Curiosity NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems That didn't take long: early yesterday we received the earliest images from Mars rover Curiosity's descent and landing...
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9 Of The Strangest Musical Instruments Of All Time [Archive Gallery]
Cello-Horn View Photo GalleryIn fifth grade, we got to pick our own instruments. The middle-school band director came over and showed us all the options, so we could make an informed decision about...
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Pegasus Review: The Acoustic-Electric Guitar, Reinvented
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The 10 Coolest Things You Can 3-D Print Right Now
Current 3-D Printing Instruments, flying things, figurines, and much more! View Photo GalleryOne survey of the 3-D printing landscape will quickly show you that it's brimming with novelty items and...
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The 10 Coolest Things You Can 3-D Print Right Now
Dek Cameras, guitars, RC aircraft and more! ArrayYou can 3-D print a fully-functional SLR camera in 15 hours and for only $30 in parts. Assembly, with instructions, takes just one hour. The camera is...
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3 Beautiful Instruments Made From Stuff Nobody Wanted
Hybrid Orchestra Courtesy Diego Stocco HYBRID ORCHESTRADiego Stocco crafted his first Frankeninstrument when he was 16. Today the 37-year-old Italian musician enlists more than 30 unique creations to...
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The Myth Of The Incredible Antique Violin
Antonio Stradivari Wikimedia Commons Even non-musicians might be familiar with the tale of the Stradivariuses, stringed instruments built in the 17th and 18th centuries renowned for their gorgeous...
View ArticleFive Gadgets to Make Your Dorm Room Outdo Any Rec Room
Living in the average dorm room costs students around $5,500 a year, but that only buys you drab cinderblock walls and bad furniture. To make your digs stand out, you'll need…
View ArticleVideo: Baroque Music Composed and Performed by Robotic String Quintet
Well, "composes" might be a little bit of a stretch. Really it's more like a robotic cover band: the robotic system listens to a musician play a tune and then breaks it down…
View ArticleA Stringless Guitar Simulator That Anyone Can Play
Miroslaw Sowa, an electronics hobbyist in Montreal who grew up playing the accordion, liked the guitar but found fingering chords on the fret board too difficult. So he…
View ArticleThese Are The Cameras Currently Shooting On Mars
We've taken a look at some of the instruments Mars rover Curiosity will be using now that it's arrived at its destination, and our friends at PopPhoto have a look at the…
View ArticleFirst Color Image of Mars Beamed Back to Earth by Curiosity Rover
That didn't take long: early yesterday we received the earliest images from Mars rover Curiosity's descent and landing zone, and now we've received the first color image from…
View Article9 Of The Strangest Musical Instruments Of All Time [Archive Gallery]
In fifth grade, we got to pick our own instruments. The middle-school band director came over and showed us all the options, so we could make an informed decision about exactly which faction of nerds...
View ArticlePegasus Review: The Acoustic-Electric Guitar, Reinvented
It's not often that a truly original guitar design comes around. Guitarists are notoriously conservative, and for good reason: The traditional acoustic guitar is a…
View ArticleThe 10 Coolest Things You Can 3-D Print Right Now
One survey of the 3-D printing landscape will quickly show you that it's brimming with novelty items and useless junk. But don't let that overwhelm you! We sorted through the…
View Article3 Beautiful Instruments Made From Stuff Nobody Wanted
HYBRID ORCHESTRA Diego Stocco crafted his first Frankeninstrument when he was 16. Today the 37-year-old Italian musician enlists more than 30 unique creations to write and…
View ArticleThe Myth Of The Incredible Antique Violin
Even non-musicians might be familiar with the tale of the Stradivariuses, stringed instruments built in the 17th and 18th centuries renowned for their gorgeous tones, supposedly unparalleled, even by...
View ArticleRedesigned Pickups Give Your Guitar Multiple Personalities
The guitar has changed dramatically since 1931—Chuck Berry happened, Elvis happened, even Guns N’ Roses happened. Yet, the component that made this evolution possible, the…
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Q&A With A Synth Lord
Brian McNamara's Crownotron SynthesizerPhotograph by Sam KaplanThe Crownotron synthesizer has only four basic controls but can create a wide range of sounds. Instead of gift-wrapping a store-bought...
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