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Best gym instruments for home: Top 10 options for fitness freaks, ranging from gym bench to dumbells

Think about it: you wake up, roll out of bed, and there it is – your own little gym. No cars, no crowds, just you and your gym stuff. From treadmills to dumbbells, there are plenty of things you can bring into your home gym that feel right for you. So, in this guide, we will take a look at the top 10 choices of gym instruments for home. Get ready to transform your space into the ultimate fitness hub and conquer your fitness journey. Let’s go! 1. Zorex…

Best Cheap Keyboard Pianos 2024: Best Keyboards Under $350

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. At a Glance: The Best Budget Keyboard Pianos Whether you’re a beginner who is just starting to fall in love with the instrument or you’re a seasoned player who seeks a super-portable instrument, keyboard pianos are versatile instruments that help you keep up your piano practice. Despite the number of models you’ll come across that have high price tags, it’s…

These Bizarre New Musical Instruments Are Unlike Anything You’ve Ever Seen… or Heard

For the past 26 years, the Guthman Competition at Georgia Tech’s School of Music has introduced the world to strange and innovative instruments. The contest welcomes inventors from all over the world to build and explore the future of music, and together, they’ve produced some truly weird and exciting sound machines.“We live in an era where it’s really hard to come up with the next guitar or the next violin, because the tools for creating musical instruments are so accessible to everyone now,” said Jason Freeman, chair of…

In the Face of Doom, Lunar Lander’s Instruments Spring to Life

Tragically, Astrobotic’s lander will not be able to pull off a soft landing on the lunar surface. However, Peregrine continues on its trajectory to the Moon, and as a small consolation, its onboard payloads have successfully powered on.China's Plan to Land Astronauts on the MoonIn a series of updates shared on X, Astrobotic announced that it successfully powered up 10 payloads on board Peregrine and received data from all nine payloads designed to communicate with the lander.The instruments that have turned on so far…

Texas Instruments launches automotive chips for more safety, autonomy, ET Auto

TI is demonstrating these new products at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in the US.Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced new semiconductors designed to improve automotive safety and intelligence.The AWR2544 77GHz mm-wave radar sensor chip is the industry’s first for satellite radar architectures, enabling higher levels of autonomy by improving sensor fusion and decision-making in ADAS, a company release said.TI’s new software-programmable driver chips, the

Want to hear the wonder of deep space? This music is made from NASA’s telescope data

The Current13:00Turning deep space data into musicMusic can often transport you to another time and place. But now a Montreal composer is bringing listeners far out into the cosmos with a piece of music created from NASA's data on the Milky Way."At the end of the piece, especially … I'm focusing in on the black hole that's at the centre of the galaxy. And you get this feeling of stars spiralling toward the centre," said Sophie Kastner, composer of Where Parallel Lines Converge."I wanted to have all of these pingy, like,…

Fortnite Festival is Rock Band without the plastic instruments

What that means is you’ll be hitting notes along to popular songs, but instead of doing that on a toy guitar or drum set, you’re using a game controller or mouse and keyboard. The basic flow is identical, though: notes move down a lane, and you have to hit (or hold) the corresponding button in time to the beat. I played a few songs earlier this week, along with other members of the press, and it felt like a streamlined version of Harmonix’s most popular games. Naturally, there were some added Fortnite twists: you choose…

69 Musical Instruments That Somehow Ended Up In These Strange Situations

There are more than 1500 instruments around the world, but have you ever wondered where they go when they no longer work? Some of them end up repurposed (just like in this list), but many end up in landfills. The biggest problem lies with the short-term use of learning instruments and unrecycled accessories (strings, pegs, tailpieces, etc.)Beginner violins, cellos, guitars—you name it—are not built to last, and they simply end up in our trash with low chances of being repaired. If they were better in quality, many…

Google’s new AI tool can create music from over 100 world instruments

Google Arts & Culture Lab's artist in residence, Simon Doury, has introduced Instrument Playground, an AI-powered tool that allows users to create music inspired by instruments from around the world. The tool, trained with 100 musical instruments, generates 20-second sound clips based on the user's instrument selection and prompts. Users can also add adjectives to shape the results, including festive terms like 'merry' and 'joyful'. Google Arts & Culture Lab's artist in residence, Simon Doury, has introduced…