Hard Disk Drive Drum

May 16, 2008

Written by: Alan Parekh at 5:28 am. Filed under Computer Hacks, Cool Gadgets, Electronic Hacks

Fibra from Belgrade has created an interesting drum system. It uses old hard drive read/write arms as drum hammers. The original hard drive voice coils are used to move the arms. The picture above is the new system which doesn’t seem to be documented yet, have a look at the video for a demonstration of the first version. If you need a larger hard drive project fix have a look at these hard drive projects.

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8 Responses to “Hard Disk Drive Drum”

Michael Says:
May 16th, 2008
Nice. Bonus points for the Commodore 128 PSU brick powering the whole thing.
Berni Says:
May 16th, 2008
Peapole seam to find all sorts of uses for old harddrives
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May 16th, 2008
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PixMedial — Design & Geek » Bateria con Discos Duros Says:
May 16th, 2008
[…] La imagen muestra el nuevo sistema que no parece tener mas información por el moneto, sin embargo la gente de Fibra subio un video de demostración de la primera versión. Vía: Hackedgadgets […]
The voice in your head Says:
May 16th, 2008
Can the hard drive simultaneously be used as a speaker?
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kendon Says:
May 18th, 2008
3 minutes of video, and not a single drumbeat produced by a harddrive? there is a picture of a hdd with a drumstick, why is it not in the video?
Alan Parekh Says:
May 18th, 2008
The picture is of the second version, there is no video of that one yet though.