Fly R/C Turntable For Party Pilots

With Michael Marcovici’s Turntable Pilot, DJs need not lay a hand on the decks. The Italian inventor, author, entrepreneur and once-programmer has created a wireless turntable system that uses a standard R/C controller to activate a pair motors connected to the deck. One servo controls the pitch of the tonearm, raising and lowering it to the spinning platter below, while a stepmotor drives the motor back and forth. A blue LED illuminates the record’s grooves, which is then captured real-time by a small USB camera, allowing the DJ/pilot to “fly” over the track and touchdown on cue. [via artmarcovici]