Episode #804 – Atlantic Records, Pt. 11 – 1956
Air Week: September 29-October 5, 2025
Bandai Namco Officially Announces Biohazard RE:2 Arcade/Resident Evil 2: Dead Shot – Testing This Winter In The US
RAS2025-09-27T14:49:29+00:00This Summer, one of the biggest pieces of arcade news to emerge was the surprise appearance of a Resident Evil 2 arcade lightgun game from Bandai Namco that quietly showed up on test in the UK. After we were the first to report on it, numerous major gaming news outlets then gave the game attention, even going as far as revealing the test location. At that point we were told that it would still take a long time to...
Field Trip Friday Was a Blast at Maker Faire Bay Area
RAS2025-09-27T00:34:00+00:00Friday at Maker Faire Bay Area was Field Trip day. There were performers and music, droids and drones. Our editors tried and failed to see everything, so here are some of our favorite exhibits so far. Don’t miss these (and much more) Saturday and Sunday. Daniel Simu and his Acrobot perform on the Foundry Stage. Come play Jordan Wolfe’s AP-1 Acoustic Drum Machine, with a drum pad connected to stepper motors to play real instruments! MIDI compatible...
exA-Arcadia Opens Pre-Orders For Axel City 2: The Final Storm; Tests Chaos Code Next
RAS2025-09-26T23:05:12+00:00exA-Arcadia has been busy lately, and as we’ll discuss today, they aren’t slowing down any time soon. We recently reported on their test for Vanguard Princess R (which is performing well), and now they have another fighter on test and a fighter available to pre-order. Let’s check them out.
Chaos Code Nemesis Experiment Testing
Also known as Chao Code NEXT, this sequel to F K Digital’s exciting fighter is now on test in Japan. I...11 Ways To Get Your Hands Dirty at Maker Faire Bay Area
RAS2025-09-23T16:00:00+00:00Maker Faire’s never been about just sitting back and watching all the cool things (though there are lots of cool things to watch), it’s about making stuff yourself! There’s a ton of workshops to help you discover your new favorite hobby, and here are a few:
Kat Ammann’s Jewelry Making Basics
Get an intro into the creative world of jewelry making while crafting your own earring designs from an assortment of colorful pieces. No...September 23, 2025RASUncategorizedhands on, Maker Faire, maker faire bay area, Maker News, workshops0 Comments
Sega’s Maimai DX Starts Shipping Out Across The USA
RAS2025-09-23T01:07:46+00:00The wait has lasted for more than a decade, but for US fans of Sega’s “washing machine game” from Japan, properly known as Maimai DX, that wait is at long last over. Since last week, the first official cabinets for the West have been beginning to appear Stateside at Round1 locations, and the game has commenced operations here. Though there is not 100% official confirmation from all parties involved on where the rollout is going, as more and more installations...
Gathering weather telemetry with a Nano 33 BLE Sense payload
RAS2025-09-23T00:12:27+00:00Arduino Team — September 23rd, 2025 Most model rockets don’t do anything practical — they just go up really fast and then come back down more slowly to land in a field somewhere. Those launches can still be a lot of fun to watch, but they aren’t exactly useful. However, the sky has plenty of data of worth monitoring and the Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense Rev2 is perfect for collecting it. Vlud used that...
September 23, 2025RASUncategorizedArduino, Model Rocketry, Model Rockets, Nano 33 BLE Sense, Weather Telemetry0 Comments
IAAPA Expo Europe 2025 Preview
RAS2025-09-22T18:22:26+00:00The next major amusement industry trade show is in sight, as IAAPA Expo Europe is getting underway in Barcelona, Spain. Running across the rest of this week (with the hall floor open from the 23rd to the 25th), the European show often serves as a warm-up for the ‘main event’ in Orlando each November; but, as time has gone by, it has started to feature its own new product launches. There also can be some distributors who showcase product that...
My Autotune Kazoo
RAS2025-09-22T16:00:00+00:00This article appeared in Make: Vol. 91. Subscribe for more maker projects and articles! The kazoo falls into a category of musical instrument that I would describe as “very easy to make noise, deceptively hard to sound good.” All you have to do to make a kazoo do its thing is to hum into it! But in order to play in tune, you have to hum in tune. In other words — you have to be...
September 22, 2025RASUncategorizedDIY Projects, Electronics, ESP32, Music, musical instruments0 Comments
Episode #803 – Atlantic Records, Pt. 10 – 1955-56
RAS2025-09-21T18:12:12+00:00Air Week: September 22-28, 2025
Atlantic Records, Pt. 10 – 1955-56
Atlantic Records was the most influential, significant and important independent record label to come out of the late-1940s, during a time when there were many great, small indie labels being born. What gave Atlantic the advantage over Specialty, Chess, Modern, Vee-Jay, Exclusive, King, etc is the breadth of material, variety of music styles and the sheer number of hit records that led to the Rock n’...September 21, 2025RASUncategorized1950s, blues, Doo Wop, Jump Blues, R&B, Rhythm & Blues, Uncategorized, Vocal Groups0 Comments
