Stuff UK — June 2017

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Maic mic

LOLLY

Sure, you can write things

down. Or, heck, come over

all space-age and use your

phone’s microphone to record

voice notes or podcasts. But

you shouldn’t be happy with

the results, for that is not the

modern way. The Lolly is a

high-quality microphone that

plugs into the Lightning port

of your smartphone.

from $45 / meloaudio.com

Contactless life

WELLE

Pushing buttons and twiddling

knobs is sort of Dark Ages

nowadays. The Welle uses

sonar to detect gestures

that you draw in the air or

on a surface, translates those

gestures into commands and

sends them to your gadgets.

If it weren’t for its obvious

yellow appearance, you could

convince your kids you’re a Jedi.

from $69 / getwelle.com

Gimbal-ist cinema

MINIRIG

The human arm has become

the new tripod. It’s convenient,

free, and slowly tones your

biceps. But there are two

advantages to plonking your

phone (or GoPro) on top of a

gimbal handle. One, smoother

movies. Two, it’ll unlock your

inner director, encouraging you

to swoop and pan pretending

your fee is in the millions.

from £50 / pocketsmoovie.com

Switch fitter

SWITCHCHARGE

Squelching about in forums

throwing cyber-slurry at the

Switch over poor battery life

or wobbly bits isn’t going to help

anyone. But you could improve

the life of many a Nintendo

fan by backing this project.

It promises to backpack your

Switch with a 12000mAh

battery boost, along with

a more sturdy kickstand.

from $85 / switchcharge.co.uk

Instru-mentalist

DADAMACHINES

AUTOMAT

You could buy an electronic

synth to make ‘da crazy tunes’,

but chances are that some other

goatee’d noisenik bought that

same synth, twiddled those

same knobs and made the

same sound. To be truly original,

you need to be using properly

random instruments, and the

Dadamachines Automat can

help. It’s a MIDI controller that

lets you set up to 12 actuators

that can be used to bonk things,

move things or rattle things.

Those ‘things’ might be actual

instruments, such as a drum,

or they might be any objects

you have lying around your flat.

Sorry, studio.

from €169 / dadamachines.com

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