We’ve seen a lot of builds using electroluminescent wire, usually in the realm of costumes and props. Unfortunately, most electrical engineers don’t deal with blinking and dimming EL wire and panels ...

So many possibilities, so little time to experiment with them all, so is it worth our time to implement a “sliced and diced” audio-reactive rainbow? This is just a quick update with regard to my ...

Creative Technology have released the Aurora Reactive SDK. This tool effectively converts the Aurora Reactive Lighting System that is featured with Sound BlasterX products into an open platform, ...

Arduino enthusiasts looking for inspiration for the next project may be interested in this new piece of hardware call the Caleiduino which takes the form of a digitally sound reactive Arduino ...

Here, it’s reworked to offer an audio-reactive representation of the sound on offer, designed to provide quick visual cues for the character of each preset. According to Arturia, this new Play View is ...

No Risk, No Reward is a recurring feature by Rollin Bishop that spotlights two very different crowdfunding campaigns: one for a somewhat serious technology project, and one for a somewhat less serious ...

Although this design style is frowned upon, sometimes it really is a case of “I have n buttons… so what functions am I going to implement using them?” As you may recall from an earlier column, my 1949 ...

If you're the person at a party who likes to be noticed, then donning a pair of sunglasses which react to sound may be just what you've always wanted. Such a thing now exists, at least in prototype ...

Sometimes, whether we like it or not, ordering PCBs results in extra PCBs lying around, either because of board house minimums, mistakes on either end, or both. What’s to be done with these boards? If ...