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Listen to a real live mouse organ
(Credit: Screenshot by Michelle Starr/CNET Australia)
We know mice are pretty actually pretty smart (as demonstrated by the trained rodents of MouseAgility), but are they smart enough to play music? Well, it depends on the instrument.
Duo Fabio Di Salvo and Bernardo Vercelli — or Quiet Ensemble — have created a “mouse organ” known as the Orchestra de Camera. Thankfully, it’s a little kinder than the Katzenklavier. To work, 40 mice are put in 40 mouse wheels, which are rigged up to music boxes. When the wheels go ’round, the handle turns and the music plays.
The great number of carillons and the random actions of the living creatures makes unrecognizable the melodies (lullabies by Brahms, Schubert, and Mozart), creating an unexpected musical carpet determined by the mice.
This is, of course, not the first time the experimental artists have used the random elements introduced by nature in their work. “Quintetto” translated the movements of fish in vertical tanks, filmed with a video camera, into digital sound signals, while “Orienta; è qui ora, che decido di fermarmi” followed the paths of 25 snails to create a unique light painting.
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Ableton Push review: a dedicated controller for the Live faithful
MIDI might be a little long in the tooth as protocols go, but it’s been the prevailing standard for getting music hardware and software to play nice pretty much since its inception. As such, the MIDI controller is a fairly established staple in professional and bedroom studios alike. The problem is they’re generic by nature. They come in all shapes and sizes, but to be profitable, they need to appeal to a broad range of applications. Ableton clearly didn’t think this arrangement was up to snuff, though, so it created Push — a software controller built entirely for its popular Live production software. While there have been Live-specific controllers before — some even officially endorsed by Ableton — Push is a whole new beast. It’s one that hopes to unite hardware and software in a way that an all-purpose controller never could.
Ableton also has lofty musical ambitions for Push: it claims it designed the hardware as an instrument in and of itself; something that lets you close the lid of the laptop and use to make music with, while not looking like you are checking your email. And, given that Ableton makes the software that it’s building Push for, integration is understandably expected to be airtight. But how well does it work? Is it an instrument? Will it replace all your other controllers? Do you want one? Is it worth the $ 599 pre-order price? Will it blend? We’ve pushed ourselves to explore the device fully in an effort to find out (apart from that last question, of course).
Gallery: Ableton Push review
Filed under: Misc, Peripherals
March Madness Live apps are free this year, stream all the games — if you have cable
This year’s version of the NCAA March Madness Live app is live in the iOS App Store (an Android version is scheduled to arrive on Google Play this weekend) and unlike last year the apps are free. Unfortunately there’s still a catch, since while the games aired on CBS will be streamed registration free via the web and apps, games on cable (TNT, TBS and TruTV) will require users to login with the account they use for their pay-TV provider.
The action gets started with the seedings on Selection Sunday, with the First Four games kicking off on the 19th. The March Madness apps are ready for smartphones and tablets on Android and iOS and “redesigned for optimization across platforms” this time around. Whether or not you have the privilege of membership (or can borrow a login from a friend) the apps are available beyond the source link.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Software, HD, Mobile
Live from Samsung’s Galaxy S 4 unveiling
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Submit your questions for Autoblog Podcast #324 LIVE!
Filed under: Concept Cars, Motorsports, Geneva Motor Show, Ford
We’re set to record Autoblog Podcast #324 tonight, and our friend Peter Leung (a.k.a. BaronVonClutch), who writes about racing for Richland F1 is going to teach us how to love the vroom-vroom. Drop us your questions and comments regarding the rest of the week’s news via our Q&A module below. Subscribe to the Autoblog Podcast in iTunes if you haven’t already done so, and if you want to take it all in live, tune in to our UStream (audio only) channel at 10:00 PM Eastern tonight.
Discussion Topics for Autoblog Podcast Episode #324
- Geneva Motor Show highlights from Zach
- Four-cylinder Ford Mustang
- Motorsports appreciation class with BaronVonClutch
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Submit your questions for Autoblog Podcast #324 LIVE! originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
We’re live at SXSW’s Al Gore on The Future panel
Al Gore: former Vice President, environmental activist, author, voice-over artist, gadget freak — and psychic? The politician and supporter of all things green will be looking into his crystal ball today, with a little help from The Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg here at SXSW. Join us after the break for all the robots, lasers and flying cars.
Filed under: Science
The Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 3PM ET!
We’re back from Barcelona! Well, sort of. Brad’s at his humble abode, while Myriam is soaking up the memories in her former French digs. Regardless of where the sound of our voices are coming from, we’ll be discussing the same stuff as always — mobile. And the hot topic for this week involves the LG Optimus G Pro, which we had the opportunity to review this past week. We’ll also touch upon a few other subjects, so join us at 3PM ET for our live podcast!
Filed under: Announcements, Mobile
Xbox Live Games on Demand sale starts today
Last week, we told you about a major sale coming our way this week, with over 60 Xbox 360 games being discounted all week long, with different sales every day. Larry Hyrb, head of Xbox Live, has announced that the sale has begun, and to start the week off, Microsoft is going big with heavy discounts to several Halo titles.
Halo 3, Halo: Reach, Halo Wars, and Halo 4 are all on sale today. The first three of which are discounted by 67% and are priced at just $ 9.99 each. Halo 4 is on sale for $ 39.99 — a 33% discount. Halo 4 is the newest game in the series and was released back in November. While a 33% discount isn’t quite as generous as a 67% discount, $ 40 for the game is still fairly good.
Furthermore, Hyrb also announced today that while most games will only see one-day sales, Microsoft is discounting a handful of selected games all week long, including BioShock, Tomb Raider Legend, several Tom Clancy titles, Call of Juarez, DiRT 2, GRID, and Rainbow Six Vegas. All of these games have discounts of no less than 75% off.
As for what the rest of the week looks like, Microsoft will be discounting a ton of AAA titles throughout the next week, including Assassin’s Creed, the Batman Arkham series, the Borderlands series, the entire Call of Duty series (except the first one), Dead Island, Fallout 3, Left for Dead 2, and Max Payne 3.
Xbox Live Games on Demand sale starts today is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Submit your questions for Autoblog Podcast #322 LIVE!
Filed under: Concept Cars, Bentley, Ford, Jeep, Tesla, Electric
We’re set to record Autoblog Podcast #322 tonight, and you can drop us your questions and comments regarding the rest of the week’s news via our Q&A module below. Subscribe to the Autoblog Podcast in iTunes if you haven’t already done so, and if you want to take it all in live, tune in to our UStream (audio only) channel at 10:00 PM Eastern tonight.
Discussion Topics for Autoblog Podcast Episode #322
- 2014 Jeep Cherokee
- Tesla predicts a profit
- 2014 Bentley Flying Spur
- Interview with Ford Atlas Concept designer Gordon Platto
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Submit your questions for Autoblog Podcast #322 LIVE! originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
We’re live from MWC 2013 in Barcelona!
We’ve arrived in Catalonia’s capital city, where snow, apparently, has marked the start of this year’s Mobile World Congress. That’s right, the hills surrounding this typically warm Mediterranean metropolis have been blanketed in a thin layer of flurries, but we’re nonetheless optimistic about this week’s smartphone show in Barcelona. As MWC 2013′s massive new venue begins to take shape, we’re preparing to deliver the hottest hands-ons, directly from Fira Gran Via. Some manufacturers, such as HTC and LG, have already demoed their latest handsets, and other devices have made an early debut, but there’s plenty of excitement still to come, as you’ll discover in our show preview. We’ll be sharing our liveblog lineup in a few hours — for now, it’s time to bookmark our event page, and check back often throughout the next week.
Gallery: We’re live from MWC 2013!
Filed under: Announcements, Cellphones, Laptops, Mobile
