8PRE: Plug Eight Mics into a Computer, $550
For those of you who don’t define recording as taping a ghetto-fabulous podcast in your bedroom, this box could be for you. The new 8PRE, from well-liked audio interface maker MOTU, cheaply bridges the gap between your computer and a mess of mics. There are plenty of inexpensive FireWire audio interfaces on the market, but…
Guitar Mania Amp for Guitar Game Controllers
The Guitar Mania Amplifier 28r works in conjunction with recently popular guitar-based video games like Guitar Hero. It plugs directly into your TV then helps pump out some 30 watts of power. Best of all, the amp features .25-inch inputs to plug in real guitars in case you want to venture in the real instrument…
Solar Powered Wireless Speakers
Hope you’ve got plenty of light if you want to run these wireless, solar powered speakers. (Alternatively, you can just plug them in, but where’s the fun in that?) The speakers themselves are rated to have a 5-watt power output, so don’t expect to be turning them up to 11 any time soon. That said,…
Panasonic Air Filter Removes Bird Flu Virus
Remember how bird flu was supposed to be the next great pandemic, sentencing humanity to an unfortunate, if not untimely, end? Fear not, for Panasonic has created a filter that they claim is 99.999 percent effective in removing the virus (plus others like SARS and “normal” influenza) from the air we breathe. It uses what…