Articles on Instruments

The TI eZ430-Chronos is a sports watch with a customizable development environment - Nov 24, 2009

Crave Texas Instruments on Monday announced the eZ430-Chronos, the world’s first customizable development environment within a sports watch. The eZ430-Chronos is a highly integrated, wearable wireless development system in a sports watch. ... Read story »

PS3 Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour instruments interchangeable - Aug 20, 2008

Crave CNET sister-site Gamespot is reporting that instruments for the games Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero: World Tour will work universally with either title on PlayStation 3. In addition, the peripherals ... Read story »

Electronic Wind Instrument with USB - Mar 16, 2007

Crave Talk about taking the idea of plug-and-play into a whole new realm. We've already seen USB drum kits, guitars and keyboards. Now there's a USB wind instrument that lets the PC ... Read story »

Electric Drum Kit Shirt - Oct 13, 2008

Crave The days of beating your chest, Tarzan style, are way over. These days, it's cooler to rap out a beat instead, heavy metal drummer Dave Lombardo style, thanks to ThinkGeek's ... Read story »

Six-Sided Harmonica - Sep 28, 2006

Crave Like The Most Incredible Knife, renowned instrument company Hohner has taken the harmonica to the the max. If the standard issue Harmonica is passe to you, get blown over by six ... Read story »

Centerfold Guitar - May 11, 2007

Crave No, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. This calls itself the world's first folding electric guitar, which if you're a traveling troubadour, is just nifty. Thanks to a hinge mechanism ... Read story »

Roll it out for the USB Roll-Up Drum Kit - Feb 9, 2008

Crave Frankly, it's far more satisfying to whack a full-sized drum kit than a sliver of soft plastic that claims to reproduce the real thing. However, coming from Hong Kong e-tailer Brando, ... Read story »

Photos: Video guitars, crafted by hand - Dec 7, 2009

Features Ben Lewry at Visionary Instruments in Oakland, Calif., is creating handmade instruments that combine classic guitars with new technology.  Read story »

Sega extreme arcade gaming - Nov 2, 2007

Crave Picture this. You are strapped down in a full-scale Toyota Trueno, Subaru Impreza WRX or Mazda RX7, sweaty palms on steering wheel. Your eyes fixated on what's beyond the windscreen, desperately ... Read story »

Archos Android media tablets out from FCC - Aug 27, 2009

Crave The Archos A5S, propped up by a wooden block during testing for FCC clearance. Just when you thought Zunes and iPods would have September all to themselves, the portable video ... Read story »

CNET previews The Beatles: Rock Band - Sep 7, 2009

Crave On September 9, classic rock fans will have a chance to strap on a plastic guitar and jam along with the biggest act in popular music history. Artfully orchestrated buzz has ... Read story »

Orchestra members turn the iPhone into a musical instrument - Dec 7, 2009

Crave The Michigan Mobile Phone Ensemble uses smartphones as primary musical instruments. Generally, cell phone noise is pretty much the last thing you'd want to hear at a concert. But it's ... Read story »

Wear your Air Guitar on your chest - Oct 30, 2009

Crave (Credit: Think Geek) Break out the ear mufflers, because this is one apparel that you don't wish on anyone. ThinkGeek's Electric Rock Guitar Shirt empowers bored nerds with an "Air ... Read story »

Play Rock Band Lego-style - Nov 6, 2009

Crave Do you feel like you need one more music game for the holidays? It's getting pretty strained, isn't it, between The Beatles: Rock Band, iGuitar Hero 5, DJ Hero, Band ... Read story »

Photos: Unbelievably tiny sculptures - Aug 28, 2009

Features You may have heard of the term "nano-computing", but what about "nano-sculpting"?  Read story »

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