Singing Tesla Coil

Ahhhh singing electricity! Music to my ears.

Ruben's Tube

Visualization of sound - what fun!

Ruben's Tube

Anyone have on old barbeque I can use?

Make Your Own Ice Lights

These are beautiful and really simple to make. Here's the how to.

Electric Giraffe

Talk about going all out with your electronics projects- this person built a life-size giraffe!!! They used the MakingThings controller kit to build this. If you don't know the guys over at MakingThings you should definitely check them out. They make an assortment of kits which allow you to interface your art and electronics; essentially, new media legos!





check out the electric giraffe website here.

Project: Beating LED Heart

I just started working with 555 timers and decade counters (4017), and I wanted to make a fun first project. So, I decided to make a little heart out of LEDs with 2 layers: 1) the outline of the heart 2) the inside of the heart. Inside the circuit there is a 2-step sequencer that alternates the light between the two layers (the "beating"). The speed of the beating is variable. Here are a few pics a and short video:

Vegetable Orchestra

All of the music is performed playing instruments made from vegetables!

Artist Draws the Flood Line of a Warmer Climate

Brooklyn artist Eve S. Mosher attempts to raise people's awareness of global warming.

Here's the NYTimes Article