Wavepad
![Wave away music](http://images.ctfassets.net/2lpsze4g694w/2vM62jl8IDcW9SSZ94Ymq8/c0fbb918bc6fb9b794e7c6d5ae48b242/wavepad.jpg?w=800)
We like yelling at our digital home assistant thing to skip the track it’s currently playing. It feels very Star Trek. Sometimes it’s more dramatic to wave the music away – just like with the Wavepad.
Pi Zero Talking Radio
![Pathé news, now!](http://images.ctfassets.net/2lpsze4g694w/6bsKNbHhTIUKQGe0GZplTP/d688a6d97057205fd15b6f5a15fcdc75/talkingradio.jpg?w=800)
This radio reads out your notifications from a variety of services. It doesn’t have an old-fashioned news bulletin voice, but it’s the spirit that counts.
P.S.S.P. – Pi Single Song Player
![One song only](http://images.ctfassets.net/2lpsze4g694w/1mSM60V3jrL0L6jf0uzQAo/4a5bc3053e2c0f28ba2e101cc14a6f27/pssp.jpg?w=800)
Want to listen to one song, and one song only? Close a contact on this Raspberry Pi project for just that. Simple.
Google Pi Intercom
![Old-school personal assistant](http://images.ctfassets.net/2lpsze4g694w/29GllKR5mX6pabXUfU3fcR/756e867e211b4ba44db38504977dbb63/intercom.jpg?w=800)
Martin Mander made this with the AIY Projects kit that came with The MagPi #57. We love the meta idea of how this has been repurposed.
Play your own theme tune
![Dramatic music player](http://images.ctfassets.net/2lpsze4g694w/7JDXyZ3ZpprrVeS3YEzPLj/affc44024b6af242fa1a81b65c7aa0c3/theme.png?w=800)
Feel like a sitcom character and have some slapping bass tunes play as you walk through the door. What’s the deal with theme tunes, anyway?
Flirt Pi
![Retro internet radio](http://images.ctfassets.net/2lpsze4g694w/YZXMyMu2lIQdGnrc1jisJ/815bd5f5f594bd4b34116dd5bbe8c4bd/flirt.jpg?w=800)
This is a 1970 Flirt radio that upcycling maestro Martin Mander has turned into a Raspberry Pi-powered internet radio, without sacrificing much of its wonderful aesthetics.
Piano stairs
![Tom Hanks inspired](http://images.ctfassets.net/2lpsze4g694w/5y5uDWQbliXBrktlVF1zPN/7376953ae8dd78ac92131cd27cc5795c/piano.jpg?w=800)
Using a light tripwire to sense where you are, (carefully) dancing up and down these stairs should help with your scales and arpeggios.
Raspberry Pi music fingers
![Finger drumming goodness](http://images.ctfassets.net/2lpsze4g694w/6dWyvbgxh96EppClNgIU5F/c55728b192c00deb71f4c3772da60f9e/fingers.jpg?w=800)
As well as being a lot of fun, this is a neat little conductivity experiment so you know how capacitive touch works. With a little beat added to it.
Ultrasonic theramin
![Outer space vibes](http://images.ctfassets.net/2lpsze4g694w/6JMDC7NNuXmD64g2NlEVTZ/574d85bbdf5febf486283e78bb6acb2f/theremin.png?w=800)
This official Raspberry Pi project uses an ultrasonic distance sensor – something you mostly find on robots – to create a theremin sound as you move your hand through it.
Audio radar
![Accessible sodar](http://images.ctfassets.net/2lpsze4g694w/5rBVY2RJQewcrkTTSbQWbM/dda35e2438acc9b8aa0077727de47666/radar.png?w=800)
Using sound to detect distance is pretty standard tech, but it always helps to make it easier. This sodar project helps you do that.