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If you liked the ball-bearing tangible drum sequencer the other day, you'll love this: some students at UC Berkeley's School of Information have created a similar device, this time combining computer imaging and bubblegum balls to create bangin' tunes. Using a similar sort of hole-matrix, this version uses nifty software which detects the colour and position of the gumballs, which we think must open up the device to a few more drum effects than you can hear in the video, but whatever—it's worth it to see the dancing.
[Bubblegum Sequencer via Technabob]
Bubblegum Drum Sequencer Goes One Better, Has Edible Parts
5:15 AM on Fri Jan 18 2008
By Kit Eaton
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Will this be the next big Christmas item for kids? ;)
Does this remind any of you of this?
[www.engadget.com]
What about this one??
[www.engadget.com]
I think this is the best of all of them though, it seems the simplest to use.
like, WTFTRIAA??!?!?!?!
So...take that, RIAA!
How come only 4 colors and 4 rows?
ummm I hear a high hat beat at 1:20 and there is no gum ball playin it....
@sixxtwo: Camera picked it up as he carried it over the hole, I believe.
thats a cool way of teaching kids music
Electroplankton on DS does somewhat of the samething, except it's got different visuals.
At some point I thought I heard Mr. Oizo from the Levi's commercial. Cool stuff.
Only problem with this is that my kids would eat the bubble gum before they learned anything about music.
Guess I'll have to get some marbles.
Now that is a gadget!
Or is it a gizmo?
Nice and more DIYable than the one with ball bearings.
Though I dunno how the one with ball bearing was done... looked more like a self-contained hardware.
I just got to say that I've got a fever. And the only cure is MORE COW BELL!!
You could try to make this or just get fruityloops and get way more sounds and stuff alot easier.
if this was digg i would digg it just for the more cow bell reference.
Stop eating my snare drums!!!
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