Mogees | Bruno Zamborlin

Mogees are tiny microphones that can attach to any surface and are used to pick up vibrations made by touching, tapping, swiping or other gestures on the surface they are attached to. The applications for this are astounding to think about.

On this web site, the inventor is using the Mogee to make surfaces into percussive instruments through using audio processors to interpret what the microphone is picking up.

Pretty amazing stuff.

Mogees – Gesture recognition with contact-microphones from bruno zamborlin on Vimeo.

Mogees | Bruno Zamborlin.

a song from my youth

Way back in the hippy days of the 60s, there was a group called It’s A Beautiful Day, and they had one hit, White Bird. I loved this song to pieces and played the old vinyl LP until it was worn out.

Below is a live recording of the song from when the group played at the Filmore in San Francisco (audio only, no video).

via YouTube – White Bird – It’s a Beautiful Day – Live – 1971 (stereo).

/me twirls

Red Dwarf Theme

This has been an earworm for the past few days:

It’s cold outside, there’s no kind of atmosphere
I’m all alone, more or less
Let me fly far away from here
Fun, fun, fun in the sun, sun, sun

I want to lie shipwrecked and comatose
Drinking fresh mango juice
Goldfish shoals nibbling at my toes
Fun, fun, fun in the sun, sun, sun
Fun, fun, fun in the sun, sun, sun

I’ll pack my bags and head into hyperspace
Where I’ll succeed at time-warp speed
Spend my days in ultraviolet rays
Fun, fun, fun in the sun, sun, sun

We’ll lock on course straight through the universe
You and me and the galaxy
Reach the stage where hyperdrive’s engaged
Fun, fun, fun in the sun, sun, sun
Fun, fun, fun in the sun, sun, sun