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BOSS's Micro BR-80 digital multitrack and field recorder fits the band and studio in your hand

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Who needs a recording studio -- or even a full band -- for that next demo? Grab your guitar, BOSS' latest portable Micro BR digital recorder and a fistful of ego for a do-it-yourself session that only a mother could love. The BR-80 lets you record two tracks at once and offers eight tracks of playback along with 64 virtual tracks to mix and master any epics you're dreaming up. For hookup, it's packing aux and 1/4-inch inputs, a headphone out, and even a USB port to interface with a computer. You can also record using its onboard stereo field mics if you lose your cables at a gig. Inside, it's packing four and six-string COSM effects, DNA from its VE-20 to spice up your vocals, and eBand options. There's support for WAV and MP3 formats, but better yet, SD cards up to 32GB giving you a whopping<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="em" mce_style="font-style: italic;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5;">550 hours<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>of recording time to lay those burnin' licks down. It's currently available and shipping for about 300 bones -- eRoadies not included. Full PR after the break.</div>
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BOSS's Micro BR-80 digital multitrack and field recorder fits the band and studio in your hand

Who needs a recording studio -- or even a full band -- for that next demo? Grab your guitar, BOSS' latest portable Micro BR digital ...

Tokyo researchers hijack your hand, help you play the koto (video)

<div><img alt="" border="1" class="aligncenter" height="272" hspace="4" src="http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/5070/possessedhand062511.gif" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; border: 1px solid black;" vspace="4" width="360" /></div><br/>Researchers over in the land of the robot-obsessed have found a new, <em>non-invasive</em> way to control your hand while your brain recoils in horror. Reassuringly named the PossessedHand, this belt of electro-stimulation wraps its pad of twenty-eight electrodes around your forearm triggering a range of sixteen bewitched joint actions. Project leader Emi Tamaki claims it feels more like a light massage than say, a full-on Freejack. However, one test subject confessed, "[It was] like my body was hacked" -- so that's comforting. This joint production between the University of Tokyo's Rekimoto Lab and Sony Computer Science Laboratories was first tested as a musical training aide, but could someday help stroke victims regain mobility. For now, the stimulation isn't strong enough to turn you into an automated Steve Vai (or secret assassin), but it definitely lends new meaning to 'hands-off.' Check the video after the break for a demonstration and some unsettling narration.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/26/tokyo-researchers-hijack-your-hand-help-you-play-the-koto-vide/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>

Tokyo researchers hijack your hand, help you play the koto (video)

Researchers over in the land of the robot-obsessed have found a new, non-invasive way to control your hand while your brain recoils in horr...