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Diego Stocco Music Sound Designer

seven — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:49:23 +0000

Diego Stocco does things I dream of doing. Like recording himself playing a burning piano for a movie soundtrack and inventing weird hybrid musical instruments. Well, I do those kinds of things anyway but…

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/06/gallery-strange-instruments/

Strange thing having to do with electricity

seven — Thu, 27 May 2010 03:05:40 +0000

So I was about to do a massive post on concrete, which is actually more interesting (and tedious) than one would imagine (http://matse1.mse.uiuc.edu/concrete/prin.html) , when it dawned on me that it had nothing to do with electricity. Enter the unpronounceable Icelandic volcano to save the day:http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100526/sc_livescience/icelandvolcanoashplumeelectrified

Inspiration

seven — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:47:49 +0000

Sometimes one needs inspiration; a new way of looking at old things.

Presenting the Museum of Unintended Use:

http://www.museumofunintendeduse.com/

I Like Yike

seven — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:20:06 +0000

Get a velocipede. Electrify it and make it collapsible. This is why I like engineering.

http://www.yikebike.com/site/gallery/video/yikebike-discovery-channel

Thanks For The Memristors

seven — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:16:35 +0000

Neurons

I’m psyched! My dream of going to Fry’s to get parts for my brain may become a reality. OK, so I tend to take things too far but this is certainly interesting to my addled brain. I’m curious to see what happens with this technology aside from my own neurohacking. Now see here:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527515.900-electronics-missing-link-brings-neural-computing-closer.html