The first thing that struck me looking at the main page was the interesting choice of materials for these instruments which seems to be often simply a log of wood. The reason I found this interesting was because I felt it went nicely with one of the inspirations behind my current project idea - my increasing fondness for "natural" music (ie not mainly electronic/digital) - A log of wood could perhaps be an interesting way to approach the problem of the choice of materials for my own digital music interface...
In terms of controllers I think I would prefer my instrument to rely less on knobs and switches and more on things like distance and pressure sensors in an attempt to allow more expressivity on the part of the player. Also rather than creating a sequencer or generative music maker I think I would rather focus on creating an "instrument" in a more traditional sense in that the instrument should involve a pitch selection and an attack to produce sound. In this sense the controller may be more "traditional" (ignoring the possibility of things like using ultrasonic sensors to determine pitch selection) but the sound space it gives access to is more contemporary, being based on digital synthesis techniques.
In any case the Owl Project is certainly an interesting if not weird one! I especially liked the results of the Sound Lathe which can be found in the audio section by playing "sound lathe at les urbaines".
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