8-bit Umbrella Plays Music When It Rains

Adam Flaherty

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July 9th, 2012 10

Built for Music Hackday in Amsterdam, this Arduino-powered 8-bit umbrella from Berlin area makers Alice Zappe and Julia Lager uses an array of 12 piezoelectric sensors to trigger random tunes as rain hits the umbrella. [via LikeCool]

10 thoughts on “8-bit Umbrella Plays Music When It Rains”

punkmik says:

July 9th, 2012 at 7:55 am

wantz!
Gilberto says:

July 9th, 2012 at 10:32 am

that’s fantastic
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