MINI.MU: a sewable, codeable, gesture-controlled musical instrument for kids

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You’ve seen the awesome Imogen Heap waving her hands around to control musical performance through movement and gesture right? She co-developed the MI.MU gloves to give a flexible and intuitive approach to her own music. Well, now Imogen has been working with creative technologist and children’s author Helen Leigh who wanted to bring something crafty […]

BBC archives release 16,016 sound effects online for personal use

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Some of my first vinyl purchases as a kid were BBC Sound Effects records. From awesome laser zaps and sci-fi planetary bubbles to industrial machines and falling rocks I would listen to these things for reasons I can no longer remember. Then I discovered pop music and my eclectic taste was lost forever. So when I […]