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Lazy Musicians Spawn Robot Ukulele

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the devil-made-them-do-it dept.

densetsu writes: "Three weeks ago, instead of forking over 5 whole bucks for an actual ukelele instruction booklet, I decided to teach myself for free using internet resources. Now that my will (and fingers) have been broken, these guys offer a faustian shortcut. They built a Lego Mindstorms-powered REMOTE CONTROLLED self-playing ukulele. The site has some nice photos and mindstorms code. Rock super-stardom, here I come!"

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  1. Re:Ah yes... by scott1853 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Tiny Tim tribute?

    Of course from the article it sounds like the ukulele has easier chord formations than a guitar (add 2 less strings) so it was probably easier to program.

    I want to see a full sized lego drummer though.

  2. Wonderful by colmore · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Sounds cool guys, how about posting some sound files?

    You just have to love stoner geeks.

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  3. I guess I should answer my own question: by Heywood+Yabuzof · · Score: 2, Interesting


    final projects for the class

    Of course, this means they actually did this back in January, and "the internet" is just finding out about it now. Maybe they have a full band at this point.

  4. That's nothing... by sadclown · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Check this out.
    Robot saxophonist and trumpeter from Japan.