Digital music has made holding all of your tunes with you much more handy, however have we misplaced one thing with dematerialization? [Jordi Parra] felt that there was one thing missing with the digital music expertise and designed a Spotify participant with a tactile interface.
Particular playlists are chosen by way of small RFID tags that seem like a cross between a MiniDisc and a vinyl file. As this can be a prototype, an Arduino reads the RFID tag, however wants a pc to truly play the Spotify playlist. Future iterations might embrace an built-in speaker and run libspotify to create a self-contained machine.
Whereas there’s nonetheless work to do for a completely seamless expertise, we love the small print within the industrial design of this challenge. Clear easy traces and a mix of wooden and extra trendy supplies make this really feel like a timeless piece of tech. Undoubtedly try the total photograph gallery together with pictures of the actually spectacular packaging.
Need extra digital music with a tactile interface? Take a look at this MP3 Participant Shelf or a Easy Web Radio Transplant.