DIY Mad genius builds robotic arm to control synth with Nintendo Power Glove Gareth Branwyn

rona Simple footplate lets shoppers open fridges without touching them Rob Beschizza

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Gadgets Type with your voice with this genius note taking app Boing Boing's Shop

Reviews Ta-Nehisi Coates's "Black Panther and the Crew" is a powerfully relevant superhero story about Black lives, police brutality, and US history Thom Dunn

music NirvanA.I.: This bot wrote a Nirvana song David Pescovitz

t-shirts When 8-year-olds redesign famous band tees Thom Dunn

Gadgets Learn to read music by playing video games with this mobile app Boing Boing's Shop

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Business Apple says it's reopening ~100 more stores in U.S. this week, walk-in customers OK in some Xeni Jardin

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music Meeting Little Richard at his old Hyatt haunt David Katznelson

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