Google's Freakish AI Text-to-Music Program Is the Most Advanced of Its Kind

Big Tech’s battle over the future of artificial intelligence is heating up. Amid the explosive hype surrounding Open AI’s ChatGPT, which recently secured a staggering $10 billion investment from Microsoft, a new academic paper has illuminated Google is harboring some equally impressive generative AI-based technology. The tool is called MusicLM, and like ChatGPT, it’s a …

This Blood Orange Speaker Is Made Out of Cement And Sits on Your Desk

Concrete is apparently a more robust material than we thought. Vietnamese designer Duc Vu Anh has devised a concept for a nimble portable speaker made entirely out of concrete. It’s just a concept at this juncture, but if the unit is ever manufactured for sale, it could provide users with high-quality audio. To operate the innovative speaker, the …

This App Uses AI to Generate Custom Playlists

The search for the perfect playlist just got a whole lot easier. In the latest test of generative artificial intelligence, PlaylistAI is a new platform which yields the promise of creating full, personalized playlists with just a couple of user inputs. The company explains that such inputs could be a variable combination of user prompts, …

Burning Man's Mayan Warrior Is Using Blockchain Tech to Fund Art On the Playa

Fans of the legendary Burning Man metropolis and its devoted Mayan Warrior community have a new way to preserve its future prospects both on and off the playa.  Blockchain technology has long been lauded as a more transparent and cost-effective means of fundraising. Now Mayan Warrior, one of the world’s premier artistic communities is embracing its …

This Astonishing Digital Piano Uses "Flying Drones" as Speakers

Speakers for any modern devices are typically built right in to the device, but Roland is thinking outside the box—or piano—for their 50th anniversary. The fabled electronic musical instrument company debuted its ambitious digital piano concept piano at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The piano features a sleek body made of Japanese …

Researchers Print the World's Smallest Vinyl Record With Nanoscopic Accuracy

There’s very little holiday cheer to be found on this Christmas record printed by DTU Physics at the Technical University of Denmark. That’s because it’s a record so small that it could fit within a single groove of a standard sized copy. This impressive feat of engineering marks the world’s smallest vinyl printed record, and it …

Wimbledon Tennis Balls Find New Life as Portable Bluetooth Speakers

Tennis fans can now share in the sounds and spirit of Wimbledon right from their own home. Heroes of the sport darted around the court in 2022, chasing and striking Wimbledon’s highlighter-yellow balls to hoist one of the most storied trophies in all of sports. Now, the Slazenger-emblazoned balls that defined Wimbledon’s high-stakes gameplay are …

Of The Trees Is Developing a Custom Game for Nintendo's Original Gameboy Color

Of The Trees has announced a new video game, complete with a storyline, custom-made pixel art, soundtrack and more. Taking to Twitter to reveal the project, which is inspired by the “lore” of his recent music releases, the renowned bass music artist said the game will run on the original Gameboy Color. Of The Trees …

ILLENIUM Launches Decentralized Fan Community

Thanks to blockchain technology, “Illenials” now have access to ILLENIUM like never before. The Grammy-nominated dance music superstar has launched “The Phoenix Family,” a new community offering his diehard fans “first access for all things ILLENIUM.” Powered by the Polygon blockchain, “The Phoenix Family” was developed in partnership with Medallion, a Web3 platform that helps artists enhance …

Aromas and Audio: This Modern Perfume Diffuser Makes use of Speaker Design Concept

A brand new perfume diffuser, which is formed like an vintage horn speaker, is designed to alter the best way we understand odor. The Olfactive Stéréophonique delivers a managed, cyclical odor that mirrors the best way we hear sounds, in response to its designers. It was developed by Devon Turnbull, the founding father of artisanal …