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PAN Studios Use Bluetooth-Led Design To Create Remote Drumsticks

How To Turn Your Home Into A Percussive Orchestra
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Bluetooth brings household objects to life
Vivek Vadoliya

PAN Studios have a background in changing the way people think about public space.

They wanted to take the same reflective approach towards the domestic environment by repurposing household objects as percussive instruments.

The team built a user interface for an application that works seamlessly with the Bluetooth capabilities of the Surface Pro 3.

The interface controls microcontrollers and in turn the solenoids that strike the household objects. Ever since their first project together PAN have had an informal tradition of giving their projects names with references or puns.

In the end ‘Alpha Beaters’ seemed most fitting.

Pan Studio's Design Process
Pan Studio building their remote drumstick devices using open source hardware(01 of14)
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One of the attachable drumsticks that can be remotely controlled from the Surface Pro 3(02 of14)
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Pan Studio building their remote drumstick devices using open source hardware(03 of14)
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Pan Studio building their remote drumstick devices using open source hardware(04 of14)
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Pan Studio building their remote drumstick devices using open source hardware(05 of14)
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Pan Studio building their remote drumstick devices using open source hardware(06 of14)
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The remote drumsticks will transform any object into a percussion instrument(07 of14)
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Programming the function of the beaters with the Surface Pro 3(08 of14)
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The interface of Pan Studio’s project is exceptionally simple and intuitive(09 of14)
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A home can be easily transformed into a musical instrument with the remote beaters(10 of14)
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The interface of Pan Studio’s project is exceptionally simple and intuitive(11 of14)
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The interface of Pan Studio’s project is exceptionally simple and intuitive(12 of14)
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Any room can be turned into an interactive, music filled space with Pan Studio’s smart devices(13 of14)
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Build your own robotic orchestra and control every note from the Surface Pro 3(14 of14)
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