Tobacco products have been around for centuries. While smoking the dried tobacco plant itself is one thing, manufacturers, in a quest to increase profits, have sold some incredibly strange tobacco ...

Initially, the company looked like it would be a big success. Kaufman, now 28, grew his company to 300 employees and raised $185 million. Quirky created hit products, such as a power cord that could ...

Recently, the Bangalore Creative Circus at Yeshwantpur held a Sound Healing Session featuring instruments such as the didgeridoo and Tibetan singing bowls. While guitars and pianos are commonly taught ...

Haymes calls himself a “utility infielder” in Ramblin Jug Stompers, responsible for many of the unusual sounds that don’t come from the typical stringed instruments in acoustic bands. At the band’s ...

Based on a True Story composer Sherri Chung brought a typewriter to the orchestra to perform her score during Deadline’s Sound & Screen live-music event. The typewriter was just one of the unusual ...

Movies set in the past often rely on music to tell us just where we are. Most, but not all, of the composers of this year’s period pieces felt the obligation to reflect time and place. For Ridley ...

You don't have to have lots of cash to make a gadget anymore. August 12, 2012 — -- It's one thing to buy a fun new gadget or accessory, another to think up an idea for one, and a whole other ...

In 2009, Ben Kaufman launched Quirky, a startup that pledged to help regular people turn their ideas into real products and sell them in stores nationwide. Initially, the company looked like it would ...