How much wood would a CPU chip manufacturer ship if a CPU chip were made of wood? The answer to that seldom-asked question appears to be contained, more or less, in a June 17, 2015 report called “Researchers Develop Biodegradable Wooden Computer Chips,” in Tech Briefs. This photo accompanies the report, which says: In an effort […]
Tag: electronics
The House of the Rising Sun, electronically
[vimeo]33181232[/vimeo] The orchestrator of this performance writes: While following on the coat tail of my first popular video “Queen Bohemian Rhapsody Old School Computer Remix” I tried to change the venue and built a couple of robot bands (yeah! machines that play actual instruments). These videos didn’t fair as well so i decided to go […]
Furby® surgery
Advisory note: Those of a sensitive disposition towards Furby® may find some of the images in the following thesis disturbing. Researchers at the Czech Technical University in Prague have been modding Furby®. The video above shows progress in the project, which enables Furby® not only to ‘recognise’ voice commands, but also to respond in an […]
The art of short-circuiting (a metaphorical coconut)
Qubais Reed Ghazala explains how he builds new kinds of instruments by carefully bending, twisting, or otherwise deforming or even breaking things that were designed to be other than what Ghazala eventually had in mind for them. He wrote a study: “The Folk Music of Chance Electronics: Circuit-Bending the Modern Coconut,” Qubais Reed Ghazala, Leonardo […]
