December 1, 2008 After the close of WWII, Russian schoolchildren presented the U.S. ambassador with a “gesture of friendship” in the form of a two-foot wooden replica of the Seal of the United States.

Of all the musical instruments created over time, the theremin is certainly one of the most intriguing. It almost seems like magic the way the device reacts to moving hands closer and farther away ...

My younger son has taken violin lessons since he was little, but he doesn't practice as much as I'd like. "Is there another instrument you'd like better?" I once asked him. His answer: "I guess a ...

Deputies say a driver ran a red light in northwest Harris County, prompting a deputy's pursuit late Saturday night. 12 minutes ago ‘It didn’t have to happen’: Red-light runner flees deputy in Cypress, ...

Every once in a while, we come across a project that adds a ridiculously good twist on an existing design. This is exactly what [Xiao Xiao] and the team at LAM research group at the Institut ...

The theremin is one of the strangest musical instruments ever devised -- it detects the movements and position of your hands in open space and produces sounds in return -- so it was just a matter of ...

The first electronic instrument, the theremin, was popularized by 1950s scifi films and the original Star Trek theme song. It has no strings and no keyboard, and was invented in the 1920s. Find out ...

Looking for a way to make your music more demonic and creepy? Well, it’s time to start learning the Theremin, as there’s no instrument out there more unsettling than this baby’s head Theremin that’s ...

Call it a novelty if you like and I guess that would be appropriate but the theremin is indeed a musical instrument. Some would call it the first electronic instrument. Invented in 192o by Léon ...