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  • Touchy Instrument Turns Literal Beets Into Figurative Beats

    [ By Delana in Gadgets & Geekery & Technology. ]

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    The BeetBox from designer Scott Garner explores user expectations and creates a delightful visual pun. Its wooden enclosure holds six actual beets that, when touched by human hands, create actual beats.

    beetbox musical vegetables

    Garner’s BeetBox consists of a poplar frame housing a few simple electronic components, a half dozen fresh beets, and a capacitive touch sensor. When someone touches one of the beets, a unique sound emanates from the audio amplifier.

    Touching a number of the beets in sequence creates a totally fresh mix. Users are limited only by the number of hands they have available for tapping the vegetables.

    beet box

    The designer’s goal was to create a unique user experience in which the electronics are invisible – both physically and in terms of the interaction being very simple.

    musical vegetables beetbox

    He accomplished this goal quite neatly with the BeetBox, turning beets into beats and allowing even those without any musical experience to create their own totally personal music.

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  • Etre Touchy Glove Contest… Extended!

    Now Your Votes will Determine the GRAND PRIZE Winner!

    grand prize etre

    Honestly, there were so many great entries that it was difficult to choose the Top Three! So David and I came up with an idea and we ran it past the people at Etre Touchy Gloves. We asked them to send us 7 more pairs to give away so we can have a total of 10 Winners! Being the awesome group of people they are, they happily obliged! Now each of the 10 initial winners will receive a pair of Etre Touchy Gloves sent to them by me!

    But wait, there’s more! We haven’t stopped there. Now we’ve decided to up the game and give away a free ticket to either my LA Seminar or to David’s  2 Day Retouching Workshop to the top winner from the 10 finalists! The winner can choose the dates which work best for him or her on either workshop! You can also choose to give the Ticket to a friend! And instead of me voting for the grand prize winner, I am going to let you guys vote on the winner! So go ahead and visit the forum HERE to CAST YOUR VOTE!!!

    Vote on Forum

    You can view the images below of the top Ten winners who will be receiving a pair of Etre Touchy gloves in the mail very soon! Congratulations to all of you who won!  Now go ahead and vote on the #1 shot to win a free workshop or seminar ticket! Hell, we’ll even paint it gold so you can get that Golden Ticket kinda’ feeling!! Good LUCK!!!

    IMPORTANT INFORMATION: If you are 1 of the 10 finalists in the contest, please send an email to: melissa@melissarodwell.com to claim your prize. Please be sure to include your full name and the address where the gloves will be sent! Thank you!!

    The 10 Finalists

    Andrés Leroi
    Andrés Leroi
    www.andresleroi.com

    Joanna Kustra
    Joanna Kustra
    www.joannakustra.com

    Kitty MaerKitty Maer
    www.kittymaer.com

    Marek SzkudlarekMarek Szkudlarek
    www.marekszkudlarek.com

    Mia HaggiMia Haggi
    www.miahaggi.com

    Net Foto
    Net Foto – Josh Ni
    Website Unknown!

    Alan LewisAlan Lewis

    http://www.modelmayhem.com/1398656

    Angela Michelle PerezAngela Michelle Perez
    www.angelamichelleperez.com

    Wolfgang ParkerWolfgang Parker

    http://www.modelmayhem.com/784099

    Hyun Lee
    Hyun Lee

    http://www.wix.com/aajdh52/HYUNLEE

    WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ETRE TOUCHY GLOVES
    AND TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SUBMITTED FOR THE CONTEST!!
    THERE WERE SO MANY GREAT IMAGES SUBMITTED AND
    WE HAD A HARD TIME CHOOSING THE WINNERS!

    YOU ALL ROCK!


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