recent personal tech brings design twists that can appeal to sound afficionados, including a rechargeable feature for cassette players and capsule form for earbuds.

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in our list, we explore the tech designs that have made their mark in 2024, including dyson’s ontrac headphones and teenage engineering’s medieval music sampler.

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a suspended golden gong resonates within the alcove, creating sustained vibrations that envelop the body.

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there are ambient effects that the musicians can play with to generate sci-fi-like tracks, and the large knob can be rotated to change the variation of a chord in just seconds.

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there’s a ‘tappad’ replacing the strings, and it’s located next to the arpeggio section, which users just glide their thumb over to play the sounds.

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the dato musical instruments' DRUM offers four drum voices, each with its own pad and an eight-step sequencer.

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the electric guitar’s fan-shaped bluetooth speaker is foldable, and the instrument has detachable rest frames to make it portable.

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there are 33 inductors on the device that pick up signals from objects with electromagnetic waves and convert them into sounds.

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anderssen & voll draws on the classic labyrinth game, while TAF Studio presents a classic backgammon board in beech that doubles as a tray.

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by repurposing guitars as the speaker's acoustic chamber, the kit by FOUND:ling reusery reduces waste.

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