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The Wheelharp delivers string-orchestra sounds via a mechanical keyboard
Author: Antonio Pierce
Currently up for $ 50,000 in funding on Kickstarter, the Wheelharp delivers the sounds of a chamber string orchestra via a keyboard and a full chromatic set of real strings. Oh, and it’s pretty much the most striking instrument we’ve ever seen. Developed by Los Angeles-based Antiquity Music, the device reacts to a user’s press of the keys by moving a corresponding string to a rotating wheel with an edge that bows the string. The instrument gives the player plenty of controls; the right pedal controls wheel speed, while the left mans the strings’ damper system.
Though an early version was demoed at NAMM this year, the Wheelharp is currently in R&D mode, and Antiquity plans to put much of the Kickstarter money toward researching the optimal string selection. Hit up the source link to hear the instrument in action — and to pitch in, if you’re so inclined.
Filed under: Misc, Peripherals, Alt
Via: Laughing Squid
Source: The Wheelharp (Kickstarter)
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Omega Releases An Anti-Magnetic Mechanical Watch That You Can Wear In Your Supercollider
Author: Jack Schmidt
Whether you ’ re polishing your magnetic death ray or powering up your Stargate, the results of electromagnetic fields on your watch can be rather harmful. Back in the old days when scientists wore suits and good watches to work, they would bring their wrist watches too near certain pieces of equipment, rendering the movement pointless. Rolex resolved this by wrapping its movements in non-ferrous metal however their watch, the Milgauss, can just handle up to 1,000 Gauss.
That was then and this is now. Omega has actually chosen to blow Rolex from the water with their new Seamaster Aqua Terra. This watch movement is in fact made of non-ferrous product that can stand up to 1.5 tesla or 15,000 gauss, about two times the magnetic output of a subwoofer, while an MRI could strike up to 70,000 at its peak. This, by the way is what occurs when you get metal near your MRI.
The watch is a fairly standard three-handed timepiece but the brand-new motion, the 8508, is what makes it unique. The watch will deliver this spring with pricing to be figured out (anticipate something in the $ 10,000 array if not lesser). Sound a little pricey? Inform that to yourself when you inadvertently fall with a magnetic space-time vortex and your Timex quits ticking.
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Matias Quiet Pro review: a mechanical keyboard with less clickety-clack
Author: Jenny Zhao
Keyboards aren’t always high on the list of considerations for folks buying a new computer or looking to upgrade an old one. Some may be more likely to splurge on a high-end monitor, or cram in as much RAM as possible. For this writer, though, the keyboard is one of the most important components of a computer, if not the most important. For the past 10 years or more, that’s meant a split-design ergonomic keyboard in the vein of Microsoft’s Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 — at least when not exclusively using a laptop. That style certainly takes some getting used to, and is always guaranteed to start a conversation, but it has some clear benefits for comfort (not to mention the well-being of your wrists) over the long term.
More recently, however, that old standby has given way to a mechanical keyboard with a traditional design — the Matias Tactile Pro 3, specifically. A split-design mechanical keyboard would be ideal, but those are unfortunately quite a rare breed. While a something like the Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 has advantages over your average keyboard in terms of overall comfort, it still feels like a regular keyboard. That is, it’s slightly mushy and generally less tactile given its use of a rubber membrane for the keys instead of the individual switches found in a mechanical model like the Tactile Pro.
As anyone who’s used both can attest, the difference is immediately noticeable. With a good mechanical keyboard, you don’t have to worry about a key press not registering; the keys have more spring to them for a crisper feel and (here’s the contentious part for some) they make more noise. It’s not a typewriter-level racket, but there’s a good chance you’ll be frowned upon if you’re sharing a desk with someone, or are trying to take notes while on a conference call. It’s that potential issue that led Matias to try something different with its latest keyboard — one that it claims is the world’s quietest mechanical keyboard. Did it deliver? Read on to find out.
Gallery: Matias Quiet Pro Keyboard
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