Capturing the gentle sounds of short circuits

By Scott Petersen | June 25, 2009

After a long night soldering in the “man room,” Kane recorded some of the gentle sounds of the the Scientific Toys Kidtunes Electronic Keyboard. By running a cable straight from the speaker (and bypassing any external amplifier circuit) the sound is surprising clean…and, dare I say it, refreshing! Kidtune Magicke Addendum: A few more samplings…

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MuCo and the Laying-on of Hands (and pincers)

By Scott Petersen | June 18, 2009

Having purchased 9 electronic children’s toys for the purposes of evil (and paying by the pound $16 total!) Kane and Dusty set out to bend the devices to their will.  With the laying-on of hands, ordinary became extraordinary.  Following are some pics and a sound clip of the newly “fantastified” PC Picture Phone. PC PicturePhone

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