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'Chameleon Guitar' Blends Old-World and High-Tech
The Chameleon Guitar—so named for its ability to mimic different instruments—is an electric guitar whose body has a separate central section that is removable. This inserted section, the soundboard, can be switched with one made of a different kind of wood, or with a different structural support system, or with one made of a different material altogether. Then, the sound generated by the electronic pickups on that board can be manipulated by a computer to produce the effect of a different size or shape of the resonating chamber.
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MIT News Office Sandy Pentland Discusses His New Book at Google
Alex (Sandy) Pentland gives an overview of the work discussed in his new book, Honest Signals
Meet (and Watch) TOFU
Yes, it's cute as cute can be, but TOFU is more than just a bundle of fuzziness: it is an example of a new generation of robots that can display cartoon-like physical behaviors.
