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Turn a mug of tea into a theremin

Theremug from Kyle McDonald on Vimeo. You can find some instructions on the Create Digital Music blog.

Lessig’s “Coding Against Corruption” at ETech 2008

Larry Lessig delivered a 60-minute lecture with the title “Coding Against Corruption” at this year’s ETech conference in that inimitable Lessig style — terse, punchy wording punctuated by rapid flips between one- to two-word slides. As you’ve probably heard, Lessig has switched gears from copyright to corruption — a significant escalation. While Lessig did a [...]

The 17th Annual EFF Pioneer Awards Ceremony in San Diego

One day, I will find the time and energy to write about subjects other than cool EFF-related events. Until then, feast your eyes on this announcement for the EFF Pioneer Awards in San Diego. If you’re in town for ETech or live around San Diego and simply want to hang out, come on down! Come [...]

Web videos inpsire TV creatives

A little over a year ago, lurkers on YouTube witnessed a blossoming of “domino rally” style videos featuring long rows of iPods, or hard drives, or whatever excess inventory could be found lying around the local geek shop. A year later, and I’m seeing the same shtick employed in high-profile ad campaigns for gadgets and [...]

Circuit bent toy with ingenious pitch control touch board

In this video, Squelchbox presents his winning entry to the Circuit Bending Challenge hosted by the music blog Create Digital Music. I love how circuit benders tear into electronic toys and make them into wicked sound machines—it’s a great example of inquisitiveness unleashed. This machine is begging to be paired with some heavy drums in [...]