Code turns MacBook hinge into a creaking door, Theremin

Apple’s MacBook series has had sensors in the hinge since 2019. One developer, Sam Henri Gold, decided to put that to use, first transforming the hinge into a creaking door, and next a playable Theremin.

Therminator, with a curvy abstract glyph of a box with cables and a dot in the center engraved into the 3D-printed case, USB-C and jack connections

Ther’minator by Eric Singer transforms LIDAR to modular, CV

Eric Singer is back. The interactive artist and inventor helped the idea of robotics and alternative interfaces break out to wider audiences over the past decades – and now he’s gearing up to put LIDAR in your modular rig or other devices with analog CV inputs.

Peter Kirn - April 4, 2025

1Uesday: BBCV FM Radio module, 29€ infrared KMNDR, more

In celebration of eccentric artists inventing tiny unexpected things to fit into single-row Eurorack, it’s again 1Uesday. And we’re extending our antennas to pick up FM radio broadcasts on this episode.

Peter Kirn - March 19, 2024

bela Gliss: expressive touch meets computation in crowd-backed Eurorack module

Peter Kirn - December 8, 2022

Superbooth: SOMA Labs shows off microtonal TERRA synthesizer, packed with sensors

Peter Kirn - May 5, 2022

Go check out people making music and visuals by connecting synths to plants

Peter Kirn - March 15, 2022

Movements to music, as Instruments of Things goes live on Kickstarter with sensor system

Peter Kirn - September 20, 2021

SPIRALALALA transforms a spiral staircase into a vocal vortex

Peter Kirn - October 29, 2018

Don’t miss Chagall’s mesmerizing live glove performances, new video

Peter Kirn - June 14, 2017

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