The “music” of slot/pinball electro-mechanics

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By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.

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Daniel Vera, of Helsinki’s Association Experimental Electronics, has a cool Flickr set and a number of YouTube vids (linked from Flickr) of rusty n’ dusty components of pinball and slot machines being resuscitate and turned into clacking circuit-bent sequencers.

Sequencer – Link

4 thoughts on “The “music” of slot/pinball electro-mechanics”

  1. jordan314 says:

    I would love to hear it!

  2. dnnny says:

    The building has just begun, I think we at AEE (Association of Experimental Electronics) will have something ready for the next Dorkbot-Helsinki, 2. of November held in Kiasma.

    when we have something ready, I will post a link to it.

    Daniel

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Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.

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