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Homemade Robotic Xylophone Plays Holiday Melodies

Posted by timothy on from the percussion-from-a-distance dept.

compumike writes "Just in time to add a bit of geeky holiday cheer to your office, this video demonstrates how to build a robotic xylophone featuring handmade solenoids and aluminum bars, and shows it playing several classic holiday tunes. New songs can be programmed in with C macros, and this project could even be extended to perhaps play a melody when a new e-mail arrived or a software build has finished compiling!"

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  1. Re:Now... by MrQuacker · · Score: 4, Funny
    Found it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHcV8vZ96OM

    Wasn't this on /. a few years ago?

  2. Re:What a bunch of nerds. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah! They could have bought all the other parts too! In fact, they could have not bought or built anything and just fucking googled jingle bells on youtube, stupid fuckers!