Blox-3 Beat Blox is a beats-making station built from rudimentary turntables, Arduino boards, sensors, and some very simple building blocks. Per Holmquist has always had a finely tuned ear for music.

This device created by student designers Yingjie Bei and Yifan Hu only looks like an artsy turntable, but it can't play your vinyl collection. Here's what it can do, though: show you the right ...

After that's done, the Arduino moves the device's motors, which in turn move the flashlight. It then shines light upon a miniature cement moon, which shows the phase for the day from the operator ...