Semi-acoustic or hollow-body guitars are known for their clean, warm tones – the sorts of tones you hear from old jazz songs maybe fast-picking country players. 3D printing’s own personal guitar hero, Olaf Diegel, has brought this classic sound into the 21st Century by designing the first 3D printed semi-acoustic guitar, titled The American Graffiti. Continue reading “The First 3D Printed Hollow-Body Electric Guitar from Olaf Diegel”
How 3-D Printing Will Change The Way We Play Music (VIDEO)
Sometimes it feels like we have people telling us that 3-D printing is going to change just about everything: Fashion. Health Care. Architecture. Violence. Your dinner. Now we can add one more thing to the list: Music. Continue reading “How 3-D Printing Will Change The Way We Play Music (VIDEO)”
3D Printing a Custom Designed Flute (VIDEO)
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES) is working to push the boundaries of the possible with 3D printing technologies to forge innovative new medical solutions, jewellery, even original and facsimile musical instruments as part of it’s mission. Continue reading “3D Printing a Custom Designed Flute (VIDEO)”
Watch Music Turn Into A 3D-Printed Augmented Reality Sculpture (VIDEO)
Hearing sound isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? Seeing sound. Interaction designer Lukazs Karluk put an audio clip through a gauntlet of digital and physical transformations, resulting in an augmented reality tabletop sculpture. Continue reading “Watch Music Turn Into A 3D-Printed Augmented Reality Sculpture (VIDEO)”
Fun Innovation Undergoes Serious Development – 3D Printed Smartband
The early 90′s rave music phenomenon orientated around all night dances to hard dance music and included the now legendary ‘glow stick’ and other glow-in-the-dark paraphernalia. The modern ‘high-tech’ equivalent to the glow stick could be Fusion by Shockatoo, a music-centric computer for the wrist, combining a built-in accelerometer, microphone, microprocessor and Bluetooth 4.0 that allows the device to operate independently, intelligently and integrate the audio of music. Continue reading “Fun Innovation Undergoes Serious Development – 3D Printed Smartband”