The Wildest Instrument-Inventing Conference in the World: NIME Explained

What is NIME? An international conference dedicated to inventing brand-new musical instruments, part research symposium, part live concert. Little Pi covers where NIME came from and what to expect at the 2026 London edition, and why it's worth caring about even if you've never built an instrument in your life. References: NIME official website: https://www.nime.org/ NIME 2026 official website: https://nime2026.org/ Imperial College London event page: https://estore.imperial.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-engineering/dyson-school-of-design-engineering/international-conference-on-new-interfaces-for-musical-expression-2026 Intelligent Instruments Lab, NIME 2026 news: https://iil.is/news/nime-2026