2007  RCA  project  Sketch   

Found on my harddrive somewhere: a small electronics project I did last year. It was an introduction in working with RFID readers and chips and together with Kenichi Okada, I built a small music machine. By placing the different figures on the turning disc, you create a little sound loop with three different sounds. You can adjust the sounds by putting the solenoids on a different surface.
How does it work? The figures have an rfid (radio frequency identification) chip on the bottom, something like an electronic barcode. Under the disc, there's a reader which reads the chips and knows which figure it is. We used two basicstamps: one for the reading and making sounds, the other one for the motor.

2006  RCA  project  Sketch   

This is the outcome of the first electronics workshop, a week of intense exploration of the wonderful world of electronics. Playing with sound and experimenting with ways in which language-like, random noises can be generated gave birth to this device. The louder you speak, the more agitated the device will become, resulting in it taking over your voice and overruling your speech.