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Noisy Fun with Sensors

Learn to use sensors to pick up vibrations, electromagnetism, and light and turn it into sound.  Find the hidden music in everyday objects and the environment, or listen to musical instruments and musical electronics in a new way.  All materials are supplied; however, please bring with you some of the following objects to play with:

  • Things with battery-powered electric motors - toy cars or robots, electric toothbrushes, milk frothers, pocket fans...
  • Things with simple electronic brains - pocket calculators, tv remote controls, smartphones, toy electronic keyboards or other instruments...
  • Small musical instruments of any kind - kalimbas (thumb pianos), drums, wind-up music boxes, xylophones...
  • Anything that makes a cool sound that you want to hear more closely
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    This class is taught by NYC Resistor member Ranjit Bhatnagar as part of his Noisy Noises project, in which he spends every February making a new primitive musical instrument each day. All NYC Resistor classes are for people 18-years and up. 

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