Eight years ago, California musician Andy Graham had a fateful meeting with a shipping crate. The container had a tightly-wound steel strap wrapped around it, and was slightly dented at the top, ...

Playing the Slaperoo. [Credit: Slaperoo] There were a lot of crazy gadgets at Maker Faire this year, and the Slaperoo was definitely one of the craziest. The Slaperoo is an electric percussion ...

The geniuses at Slaperoo Percussion hacked together this prototype for an electric instrument made from a spring doorstop. Finally, somebody is harnessing the wonderful household tone we’ve been ...