World’s first mechanical music box to play any song using your smartphone!

Music boxes bring the tunes of nostalgia back and how! Back in the day they were considered a thoughtful gift and played one song over and over. The intricate details of the music box made it a collectible for years, it came in so many playful themes like horses on a carousel or a piano and I always loved watching the strings pop up and down when it played songs. While music boxes have gathered dust and music streaming apps have taken over, we don’t have to choose between the past and the present – Muro Box, the first app-controlled music box, brings the best of both back to you!

Not only does Muro Box play any song you like, but you can also make your own songs. Think of it as a cross between a speaker and a music box that can be synced to your playlists to give you a unique experience that will bring back memories (and make new ones!). It is the world’s first mechanical music box that can be controlled via your smartphone. All you have to do is upload your playlists to the Muro Box app and the music box will turn it up. Compose your own tunes or get guided lessons by musicians on the app. Apart from helping you compose music and store your playlists in an unlimited free cloud service, Muro Box also serves as an alarm clock and who wouldn’t like to be woken up by the soothing string chimes instead of your blaring smartphone?

It can play as fast as 4 beats per second for the same note, which is consecutive eight notes at BPM 120. The basic unit of notes in Muro Box is an eighth note (quaver). Muro Box allows 7 notes to be plucked at the same time as the maximum. According to the Music Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI), the scale of Muro Box is between C3 to A5 (C4-A6 in American standard), so it includes about 2.5 octaves and currently features a 20-note version using a diatonic scale which will be upgraded to a 40-note version with more semitones for professional musicians.

“We invented the world’s first app-controlled cylinder for Muro Box to make your dream come true: one music box that plays all of your favorite songs. Our patented design breaks the limitation of a traditional music box but still preserves the resonance and sound generated from a mechanical movement,” says the design team. You can also access 30,000+ music box melodies shared by the 22500+ music box fans around the world, on your Muro Box! The compact form and the warm wooden aesthetic is a timeless look for this nostalgia-inducing music player and I can continue staring at those dancing strings all day. I do wonder how Cardi B’s songs will sound on this.

Designer: Chen-Hsiang Feng & Shiao-Chen Tsai of Muro Box

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Wokamon Is the Modern-Day Equivalent of Tamagotchi for Fitness

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Every breath you take, every move you make keeps your virtual pet alive, as long as you have Wokamon installed on your smartphone.

It is known that most people lack motivation when it comes to performing physical activities. Grumpy animals can help a lot with that. If you happen to own a dog, walking running along with it could help you burn a few calories. On the other hand, if you annoyed a stray dog, or even your neighbor’s dog, running away from it will have the same effect. Still, if you want something similar without having to worry about any pet grooming or training, Wokamon might be just your thing!

Wokamon is an pedometer app developed by Noodum that turns your workouts into energy, food and happiness for a one-eyed alien. You even have a few different versions of aliens to choose from, so you can’t say that you’re stuck with an ugly one forever. The app can be used either in tandem with a smartphone or a fitness tracker such as UP by Jawbone, Fitbit, Ledongi or Moves.

Unlike the classic Tamagotchi, which only provided you one virtual pet to take care of, Wokamon has no mercy for you. After working out for a while, you’ll get to level up and new virtual pets will be added until you get a real menagerie.

The best thing about the Wokamon app is that it makes you feel bad if you skip a workout. Think you don’t have time to stay fit? Well, think again, as that family of cute little aliens is about to die (most probably in a horrible way) if you don’t get up from the couch and start running.

Wokamon’s colorful interface makes it very adequate for girls, but the male kind might not find the app as attractive. After all, this type of sentimentalism is not for us, guys, who would much prefer to run with real pets by our side. The other thing that I don’t like is that the app is only available for the iPhone, on the smartphone side of things. Why aren’t Droid chicks allowed to have this kind of fun while working out? I would definitely call this a sort of discrimination!

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