Square Band: the solar-powered wearable synthesizer

Admit it: having a synthesizer in your pocket just isn't enough. No, you need one on your person in order to truly feel whole. If we just rang your bell, you should take a long, insightful look at the Square Band. The latest revision of the wearable synthesizer includes a volume control and a couple of flexible solar panels, the latter of which were added partly for aesthetics. Apparently wearers can simply trigger buttons tucked under their wrist with their fingertips, upon which a superabundance of cacophonic sounds will emerge and completely freak out any nearby bystanders. You have to have one now, don't you?

[Via MAKE]

[Thermos14 Posted May 15th 2008 1:53PM]

Wanting

[FallenArms3 Posted May 15th 2008 3:19PM]

Indeed. How is it acquired?

[jgpuff Posted May 16th 2008 4:35AM]

Er, no thanks.

Does sewing a few PCBs onto a sweater really count as 'wearable computing'?

Surely not.

[(Unverified) Posted May 15th 2008 2:41PM]

It's the 80's, concealed. Flock of Seagulls hairstyle not included.

[(Unverified) Posted May 15th 2008 11:27PM]

LOL! After a bit of searching on youtube, I found this hilarious video - shock effect = big :-)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

[k33l0r Posted May 15th 2008 2:56PM]

Buy this and be square?

[(Unverified) Posted May 15th 2008 3:18PM]

Wow.

[(Unverified) Posted May 15th 2008 3:22PM]

Can't wait til TSA sees these bad boys...

[(Unverified) Posted May 15th 2008 3:59PM]

A schematic would be nice :(

[arkansized Posted May 15th 2008 4:32PM]

I've already got one. The 2 1/2 y.o. grandkid.

[conscious Posted May 15th 2008 5:32PM]

i guess this has use if you happen to stumble upon a freestyle session and want to spontaneously start a beatbox without making weird faces... aside from that, what's the point of this?

[(Unverified) Posted May 15th 2008 8:39PM]

"A schematic would be nice :("
ask and you shall receive http://www.prize-pony.com/itp/blog/category/pcomp-studio

[(Unverified) Posted May 15th 2008 10:04PM]

Aww frak! No build instructions.

Making one of these would have made for a great work performance module project.

Oh well, I'll have to stick with my original plan of making a synthesiser using an Atmel Mega 8.