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It may be early to post about this, but my friend Dave and I have an idea.  Numbers are nice inside the computer, but they're even better in a funny little box.  With JeeNodes, some java and shift registers, you can get just that!  This idea is more developed than that, I promise, but like I said, it may be early to post about this.  Here are some pictures:

evo-electro Conglomeration

This is a new project for me, and I'm very excited about it. It'll be a pile of broken electronics that were compacted together and left to rot for decades, except instead of rotting, it all grew together and came back to life in a conglomeration of intermittent functionality and mis-mapping.


This is the thing so far. It is four Apple towers (G3 and G4) cut up and hinged together in a shifting but stable frame. With the changing position, the mapping of different input (answering machine buttons, computer and MIDI keyboards) will change to connect to different output (sounds in computer speakers, lights on different devices, flashing of computer monitors).

I have many goals with this project. One of the main ones is to spend as close as possible to no money and use entirely recycled material (except for the driving Arduino and rechargeable batteries).

What's next:

• put the top tier on - likely to be the side panel to a G5 tower
  
• hack all the electronics in the basement and take note of what input and output I have
• start breaking and attaching things
• probably have to collect more wire
  

Things to learn:

• output from PS/2 keyboards
• sending information over VGA to a monitor (that may be broken)
• programming a Sanguino
• how to make this look corroded without damaging my house or my relationship with my roommates

(click here to see a gallery of the project so far)