Rico Balakit is a computer engineering student at Texas A&M University with access to the 3D printing studio at the Mechanical Engineering Department, and he quite literally likes building things from "scratch." This latest project, a “robot DJ,” was made with 3D printed parts and is capable of gating a crossfader and manipulating a vinyl record in time with a given beat. Balakit says the device can perform as an “Instant Gratification Scratching” system and the equivalent of a “player piano” which employs music loops and random patterns. You can read the whole story here: http://3dprint.com/82871/3d-printed-robot-dj/