Thingamachat is a modification of Dr. Bleep's Thingamakit noise-making musical instrument. It is housed in a vintage 1985 Chatbot.

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The Gesture-Controller Exploration is a study of innovative musical instrument / controllers that investigates the relationship between movement, physical space and musical performance. The most recent incarnation, the GCe3, combines a musical software suite built in Max/Msp with an intuitive physical form to create a rich musical experience. Dipping, swinging, swaying, tilting, and turning the The Gesture-Controller sends signals to the computer running the audio software, informing its sound-making functions. This allows for a more satisfying performance, leveraging the power of the computer and helping the electronic musician to use physical means to create and manipulate digital electronic sounds in new and interesting ways.

The Catertainer is a prototype / experiment for a new kind of cat toy.

Do your cats get bored with their toys after only a few minutes? Do they miss you when you aren't at home? The Catertainer is the new cat toy for the lonely, bored, and fickle cat. He demands to be played with. If your cat hasn't been playing with him for a while he will start to taunt your cat, making fun and intriguing sounds. If your cat gets too close, the Catertainer will start to shake in fear and his eyes will light up. Add a little catnip to his fur and your cat will go crazy. Best. Cat Toy. Ever.

Cocktail Kitchen was a short-run podcast that specialized in cocktail recipes and techniques featuring award-winning New York bartender, Nate Dumas.

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You want to make high-quality cocktails, but can't figure out why the Martini you bought last night for 12 dollars doesn't taste like your rubbing alcohol monstrosity? Here's a tip: put down that olive brine, stop shaking the hell out of that damn thing, and pay attention to this.

It's Cocktail Kitchen with Nate Dumas.

Learn a few tricks of the trade. Make a couple of drinks. In no time you'll be mixing drinks like a no-nonsense New York bartender. Let's go.

The SynthMonster was an exploration in digital music synthesis and interface. The goal of SynthMonster was to create a musical interface that explores the relationship between musical creation and the physical world in an engaging way. The SynthMonster was an object of discovery that caused the user to rethink the link between an object's physical movement and sound. It was a way to challenge and explore my own pre-conceived notions about the way music is created. For example, how could we design an instrument without keys, buttons, or strings? What kind of sounds would it make? How would you hold it? What if there was no obvious orientation?

The SynthMonster was an attempt to answer these questions.

Most of all it was a fun way to make noise.

Lobby Pets are interactive playmates devised to entertain in the monotonous periods of your day. Just like a dog or cat can brgin you comfort when you get home, the Lobby pet comforts and entertains you while you wait for an elevator, stand in line for food, or various other dull times of the day.

Your Lobby pet responds to your voice, so he'll come when you call. However, he doesn't like it to get to loud, so if there's a large crowd or you being yelling at him he will run and hide. When he's hiding, just talk nicely to him. After a while, he'll come out and play with you.

Inspired by Jason Salavon's work in image averagine, this project uses OpenFrameworks to produce the most valuable card of 1965.

The Old Deluder Satan Law was an experiment in musical collaboration. It was a band filled with people who never met. An exploration in the wonder that can happen when great minds collaborate.

Lyrics, handclaps, trumpet, piano, xylophone, beats, tambourine, talking, laughs, spoken word, saxamaphone, drums, congas, cowbell, guitar, slide guitar, bass, cello, violin, flute, ocarina, foot stomps, the sound of smashing bottles, traffic noise, jingle bells, banjo, and on and on.

Participants sent us bits of music. Others added, edited, cut, sampled and used those sounds to make complete songs.

The finished product is an interesting take on Americana.

Web design and development for professional surfer Timmy Curran's web presence.

Mouse & the Mixtape is an ongoing documentation of the role music plays in our lives. Since 2004 we have used the now seeimingly outdated form of the mixtape as a kind of audio-biography. Each song means something special, and, in its entirety, each mixtape tells our story. These are the songs that remind us of where we've been and what we've experienced. They are a glimpse in to our life.

Visit Mouse & the Mixtape to listen to this month's mixtape and view the entire collection of mixtapes