Looking for a weekend project, or haven't found a music player that'll satisfy your inner creative geek? Well, meet
MAKE's Daisy MP3 Player Kit, an open-source setup that'll play MP3 and WAV files all from one little chip board. Of course, this is a kit, not a full-fledged player, meaning Daisy comes in parts -- you'll have to give it a power source and a case should you want to actually use it in the real world. You can buy whole kit (the caboodle is extra) from
MAKE or direct from its Oakland-based creator for $115. By the way, if you manage to strap the Daisy to some sunglasses or other headwear, we figure that would place you right smack in the middle of the wearable MP3 spectrum, which ranges from the ridiculous
iSoundCap to the sublime
DIY Oakley Thump shades.
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MAKE:]
posted Nov 16th 2006 11:04PM
I think I've found my next project!
I just DLed the info for the manual to see.
If only.
- It had a display
- It had an IDE interface for hard disk storage
- It supported rockbox
If only it did something useful, like have a wifi or wired ethernet interface for picking up streamed music. I guess I'm being a bit unimaginative, but I cannot see why anybody would buy this except for rather unusual projects.
This would probably interest more folks: http://mp3elf.net/
I laughed at the caboodle joke. I am weak sauce.
Oh for God's sake, people. You get this kit because you like making stuff, not because it's state-of-the-art competition for iPod.
Zune, maybe...
LOL! Nice parting jab.
there's similar stuff @ spark fun electronics, and you can use all sorts of other gadgets and tie them in as you see fit/are able. GPS, bluetooth whatever. shove 'em all in an altoids tin or something
"an open-source setup that'll play MP3"
Um, if it plays MP3 it's not open source...
i could be wrong, but doesnt that mean that linux isnt open source because it plays MP3s? because im pretty sure that it has the power to play MP3s, and isnt forced to, for all i know, it could be used as a F@H box, slow, but at least it would work