At Hackday Paris in 2011 (48h hackathon), the winners among 49 teams were a group of three, who made listening to music a more haptic experience again. They called it NoiseBox, but they seem to have abandoned it: http://noisebox.herokuapp.com/. It was a cute hack and won, because it combined hardware, software and some magic.
I liked it very much, but then, why not just go straight to vinyl for the experience? See also: UK vinyl sales up 78 per cent in 2013: http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/69832
This is a lot like a project I have been working on: https://github.com/thomasrynne/swisher which uses cheap RFID readers and a raspberry pi. Does anyone know how this one works?
Re vinyl: It takes longer to choose a song, records can get scratched and take up more space. My intention was to try to make the best interface to play music. Now that the media is digital there are less restrictions on the physical interface but I think tangible items associated with each track/radio station is still good.
I currently use an RPi running xbmc to handle all my media playback.
For videos I have no concern about plonking down on the couch and having to "drive" through the menus to get something playing, since I'm going to sit there and watch it anyway.
For music.... it bugs me greatly. xbmc has a wonderful interface and I have album art set up for my music collection, but since I'm normally putting music on because I'm doing something else (cooking, cleaning, juggling, workout, etc) having to "drive" through menus annoys me so much.
A set up like this is exactly what I need. Thanks!
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At Hackday Paris in 2011 (48h hackathon), the winners among 49 teams were a group of three, who made listening to music a more haptic experience again. They called it NoiseBox, but they seem to have abandoned it: http://noisebox.herokuapp.com/. It was a cute hack and won, because it combined hardware, software and some magic.
I liked it very much, but then, why not just go straight to vinyl for the experience? See also: UK vinyl sales up 78 per cent in 2013: http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/69832
This is a lot like a project I have been working on: https://github.com/thomasrynne/swisher which uses cheap RFID readers and a raspberry pi. Does anyone know how this one works?
Re vinyl: It takes longer to choose a song, records can get scratched and take up more space. My intention was to try to make the best interface to play music. Now that the media is digital there are less restrictions on the physical interface but I think tangible items associated with each track/radio station is still good.
Awesome!
I currently use an RPi running xbmc to handle all my media playback.
For videos I have no concern about plonking down on the couch and having to "drive" through the menus to get something playing, since I'm going to sit there and watch it anyway.
For music.... it bugs me greatly. xbmc has a wonderful interface and I have album art set up for my music collection, but since I'm normally putting music on because I'm doing something else (cooking, cleaning, juggling, workout, etc) having to "drive" through menus annoys me so much.
A set up like this is exactly what I need. Thanks!