CodeMonk Posted April 9, 2008 Author Share Posted April 9, 2008 ..."Planned obsolescence" involves making a conscious decision to discontinue a product' date=' spare part or an entire technology at some point in the future therefore forcing your customers to abandon their product or technology and buy something new. A big problem is that many products which are criticized as being the victims of "planned obsolescence" are nothing of the sort. They competed in the marketplace and simply lost. ... [/quote'] Not electronics but... take a look at Microsoft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biff Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Not electronics but...take a look at Microsoft. Yep. It's sad that their buggy solutions are obsolete the day they ship, because the software will start running smoothly five years after the first release and then only in the newest hardware, when the software is already getting replaced by something new with irrelevant new features and tons of useless eye candy that will make the hardware as slow as the computers of the 80's again. Luckily there are open sourced operating systems and software to use (at least at home)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerxst1281733995 Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 You may well be right. The bit I read on Gibson's website says "the Powerhead tuners rely on the strings themselves to send the signals." I watched this video about the development of the robot guitar on the Gibson web-site, and there is indeed a ribbon cable of some sort that runs up through the neck.. The statement about the tuners relying on "the strings themselves to send the signal" is probably a reference to the fact that the tailpiece has special sensors or receptors for each string that picks up the vibration and sends the signal to the electronics.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotcanX Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Apparently I am wrong about the wires in the neck; I was talking with some guys I met yesterday at a Roland new product seminar and apparently they are using wireless technology to communicate between the controls and the tuners. Now THAT's high-falutin'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerxst1281733995 Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 Wha?? I could swear that they said they used a cable in that video... Now I wanna go try to dig that up again.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesstringer Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 If you actually need a guitar that tunes itself, you are in trouble. this is a disaster waiting to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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