Do you remember learning that you can tell the age of a tree by looking at its rings? Tree rings tell us so much – what the climate was during certain periods of its growth, as well as other circumstances it experienced during the tree’s lifetime. But now a German engineer / artist has created a record player that captures the “music” of the trees. This unusual device “translates” the texture and color variations of a cross-section of a tree…

The ultimate non-secret symbol of secrecy can now be yours, for those times when you want to call attention to yourself while listening to your music secretly.

Forget about the Force because the Dark Lord of the Sith has learned music is the real power that moves people, with some tunes packing so much punch that listeners get all choked up. The masked menace might not ever have to Force-choke anyone ever again.

I say, dear boy, would you happen to have any Grey Poupon? No? Well, how about a speaker that will allow me to listen to some fly jams that rock my world?

You wouldn’t expect a skull to know anything about music since it doesn’t have any ears, but this bone-daddy knows how to crank out the sounds you like.

Bluetooth lets you do away with unsightly wires leading from your sound system to the speaker, and streaming music from a smartphone or tablet basically makes the music source invisible, so why not use a speaker that blends in with almost any environment?

Rock-n-Roll takes on a whole new meaning with the interesting design of these outdoor speakers… but you don’t have to be listening to Rock to appreciate this almost-invisible sound system.

This isn’t the character played by Sylvester Stallone on the big screen but it’s still pretty tough, capable of letting music punch its way out of that confining phone so it can be free to entertain everyone.

What if you could change the size of the speaker your music plays out of? As often as you like? Without the need for any tools or technical know-how? Speakers come in all shapes and sizes but the Mighty BoomBall Speaker might be the first one that lets you easily change that shape and size. Basically, a speaker is nothing but a container that amplifies sound, resulting in louder music. Boomball lets you transform any container into a speaker? Want…

With all the seemingly endless ways we have to get music beamed from the Internet to our ears, it seems odd that many of these hi-tech delivery systems can be easily outdone by audio equipment that existed in the 80s. Fortunately, there’s now a way to completely customize the music you hear.