Circuit Bending/Toy Alteration Research

Fire Breathing Pony

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Ya this isn't happening for us but it's cool

Tweet controlled toy with instructions

Nice blog with toy hacks

Research is helping me get a better picture of what I want, but I'm still having a very difficult time working out what our final objects are going to look like. I can sort of envision a toy with some new LED's put into it, or that make strange noises (changing the noise a toy makes is the most common and probably easiest hack) but for out individual case I remain a little confused. It is proving exceptionally difficult to develop both a concept and a visualization for this idea when I know so very little about the tools I am going to use to create it.

I know concept is meant to come first, but this class is basically a beginner's circuits class with an artistic focus. I knew nothing of circuits coming in. I am very glad to be learning about them, and in a sense I wish I had this class sooner to understand the electronic medium better! But the pressure of a creative project using tools that are still very alien to me is really scary. I feel like I am behind yet don't have the knowledge or experience to move forward. I think I am going to sketch detailed images of what I want the "modded" toys for our project to look like, because that's the only thin I can think of to give myself some ground for this project.