WTF is a Rifftlet?

That's what went through my mind when I found rifflet.com. It's an new website that calls itself the "home for unfinished songs". he idea is that it's like Twitter, except for music. Users upload snippets of their own work, for the sole purpose for it to be used in collaboration with others. So, what is a rifflet? It's what ever you want it to be. I personally think that it's a novel idea.

I wish I had this.....

Albert Einstein once said “The only reason for time is so that
everything doesn’t happen at once.” Tell that to designer John
Pszeniczny, he thinks time could use a turbo boost and has designed the
fastest watch on Earth dubbed “F1/Carbon GMT”. Inspired by the F1 race
car world and constructed of carbon fiber, Swarovski crystals, rubber
and metal, this timepiece has 18 identical rubies and tells the time in
everyone of the 18 cities on the 2008 F1 circuit. With a built in lap timer function and a stopwatch, time will seem to stand still as it races by at relative speed…which is 42. He also made the watch in the second picture, which, might I add, is made from
crystal, stainless steel and a Spessartite Garnet.


[Yanko Design]

Not for people with neck problems

The arduino platform
has been the basis for a lot of bizarre gadgetry over the years, and
the audio ping pong project by Mike McCracken certainly stands up to
the best of them. The game is essentially the classic Pong with one
major difference—instead of using your hands and eyes, the game is
controlled with audio cues and head movements.

When the headphones are on, the player hears a sound (the ball) that
seems to be getting closer. In order to return "the ball" you tilt your
head to one side or the other depending on which side the movement is
heard. The challenge is to center the sound and return the volley. As
the contest progresses, the speed increases until you miss the ball or
you break your neck—whichever comes first. As you lie twitching on the
ground, a buzzer and a light from the machine will mock your defeat. To
discover just how stupid all of this makes you look, check out the
video below.

Audio Ping Pong from loneconspirator on Vimeo.

I'm back....with Indie Games.

I'm back. Sorry for the delay in between posts. I was busy. But on to better things.



I spent the time to go ahead and look up a decent indie game, and here it is.

1. Echoes

Oh wonderful flashy colors, where have you been?
Echoes is an interesting take on the old favorite Asteroids, where you shoot larger and larger pieces of rock, as well as other objects.
It pushes you into looking at the trippy colors, which, I don't seem to mind.Its amazing colors is what drew me to it in the first place.
One of the interesting things about this game is the fact that you can put your own music in there. Personally, I put in some Bloc Party. But that's me.

Linux OpenMoko Neo Freerunner Pricing Details Surface

The Open Moko Freerunner
has been in the making for ages, but it looks
like official word has now been released regarding the final pricing
details. The Linux based cellphone will retail at $399 for a single
unit and $3690 for a pack containing ten handsets.

Currently,
the OpenMoko fellows have received back their first production
verification test devices and they are busy making the necessary tweaks
to the hardware / software. As for a release date, we've been promised
more details concerning distribution will be forthcoming in the "next
few days." I'm kinda itching to try one of these out, but it looks like
we'll all be waiting a little bit longer.

Musical Tables bring Instant Awesome

When I first saw these,I thought they were just awesome looking tables. But then I saw that they were musical tables. That's right, musical. The Musical Rumba is a drum table with different percussion inserts, and comes in 4 sizes. There are 12 insert modules in all, and they look awesome.
Catch the video after the jump.

Be sure not to mess it up though-the smallest one costs over $800. If you really feel like buying one, here's their homepage.
Musical Furnishings

Foosball goes minimalist with "Eleven"

I like foosball. It's the pastime where one can get together with his friends, drink , and play soccer without tripping over the ball.(though people still can get hurt,my left eye can attest to that.) I also like minimalism, and Eleven brings these two together in an amazing way .Hand crafted by GRO design and TIM modeling, because they thought foosball was "lacking serious design attention in recent years", it's just beautiful.
The players are machined in brass and chrome, the table itself is meant to be a bit architectural, like real stadiums, and minimal to not distract from the game. It's on show at the upcoming Milan Design Week, 16th to 21st April, and tsadly it's just a working model. I'd travel to Italy just to play with this. Here's their website for more details.
Eleven