Winter Term at Oberlin is well underway! My Sonic Arts in Society class is working on several projects for a local hospital system — I am really excited about the progress we are making! We have also had some really lovely sonic results from blending electronics—in particular, the infamous Hex Schmitt trigger synthesizer— and conductive ink….this will likely work its way into several of my upcoming projects, both for the hospital and for unrelated work, and is already well on its way in a very cool student project which is likely to make its debut very soon! This demo video doesn’t quite capture the full range of sounds it creates, but gives an initial idea. I tested it out on fabric as well, with similarly positive results. Several other projects are in the works…more soon!
Prototype of fabric conductive ink sensor.