Forget Rap Music’s ‘Robot Voice.’ Hire a Robot Singer.

Rapper and producer T-Pain popularized that “robot voice” now infesting the world’s Pop Music recordings. But why imitate a singing robot when you can have a robot vocalist? A Japanese tech company has produced a robot chick singer who is remarkably life-like, at least compared to most of Japan’s aidoru pop stars. Of course, the most animated members of J-Pop girl groups are really digital animations.

The Beat-Boxing Brain

Spend six minutes with the percussive brain of Human Beatbox champ Reeps One in this video by British researcher Carolyn McGettigan. Thanks to Duke biologist/bass player/blogger Princess Ojiaku for finding this gem.

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