Kids Circuit Bending

[allanlol100]

wow

[SpecializedChild462]

I hope to try circuitbending someday.

[marcuelcajon]

"Mommy, there's a demon in my toy."

[654321]

When I was growing up, if I messed with my toys and they made these sounds I always got upset and thought it was a bad thing. Now I realize it's not necessarily a bad thing or means you broke it, it's just a NEW FEATURE!! =D

[oldmac6]

From 2003 ... 7 years now maybe on of the kids went to work in electronics

[gnorty]

Those kids are having fun with electronics, which is a good thing.

They are also poking metal tools around into live kit for kicks, and I am not sure that is such a good thing to teach them!

[TheMCMXXL2]

@gnorty Yeah, that´s a good thing, But the other question is - do they know what they do? I mean, Circuit Bending has somehow a touch of "try and fail" and does not have much to do with knowledge in Electronics, i always think about pulling +12V the data lines of an IC or something else. If that thing survives, good,if not; bad.

[JohnVoidDoe]

I once tried to circuitbend the wall jack. It made a cool burning buzz. ;)

[juggernaut422]

@JohnVoidDoe whered you learn how to circuit bend?

[Gmancrap]

Out hipster youth.

[KINZOisHERE]

this is awesome, they r not only enjoying the destruction of their toys, they create something new out of it :)

[RMJSpacker]

jesus, if my school had done a circuit bending program i would be a genius by now.

[jzaboo1984]

I also did this with my TI "Computer Fun" at the age of 6

[PrivateMetalhead]

Pathetic.

[adreanix]

I bet at least one kid went "what the hell d'you do to my toy!? You Broke It!!"

[alkakore]

very cool show this things to the kids

[rinpoche1]

I let my kids do this with a guitar amp plugged into the wall and they electrocuted themselves and burned the house down.

[Beaudereck]

Well, first you should of have checked them while they were playing, and second, you should use 9 volts toys or less when you circuit bend.

[m8y511google]

ahhhhhhhhhhh dieing cyber man

[gogirk]

I tell you what the kids have brains to do that

[NonQualityAudio]

noise kids 4 lyfe

[sherardo922]

alllll riiiiiiiight. sooooooooo?????

[lwimsett]

I wish I did this as a smaller kid.

[swanyways]

i'm jealous.

[maclover201]

Wow, that is pretty badass.

[MentalHygienist]

We are a society of end users.

This is a great way of introducing children to the idea of manipulating the workings under the surface. Makes them question what makes things the way they are!

[ForkInYourAss]

W T F

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[matttheman597]

This is pathetic.

[Tayl0NP]

Best after school program ever.

[coldhandshake]

I was thinking that too, I was did this stuff at that age.

[skeetupinmygrill]

i teach kindergarten and i've been wanting to bring in some circuit bending gear for a long time. i was a little concerned about safety, you've just inspired me to actually do it.

[ZogDawg]

Why didn't they do this at my school?

[hellsmaw84]

hail to the next generation of electronic guru's, modders, and engineers!

[zenith1011]

printed circuit boards contain chemicals which are caustic not to mention the LEAD solder. It's a great idea but give those little guys some gloves! Notice at 0:48 in the film two kids throw what appear to be toy cars and the cameraman doesn't do a thing about it. This is an after SCHOOL event? concerning.

[hellsmaw84]

ftw, i was 5 when i started with electronics older than they are working with and being 24, i have 3 degrees in electronics engineering. people start young these days, dont discrminate. and btw, most companies are using solder that is lead-free nowadays

[samssoftwareuser]

kid's of age of 5, why would you teach them something like that?

ther'e probbably play with mains now, and be an electronics nered

[Misha070]

at least they wont end up in the drug using scene kids genre

[MarsilVendeur]

Hahahahahaha.

You think noise artists don't use drugs?

[sonicmonkey123]

I can't make my speak and spell do that, and I'm 5 years older than them (but the video was made in 2003, so they're probably my age!).

[Tyler11440]

need aligator clips

[sonicmonkey123]

They were using their fingers to make those noises on the speak and spell. They used aligator clips to make the thing at the beginning do crazy things.

[gobacktorussia]

that is gonna give them a wierd outlook on music.... is it healthy for a kid???? those sounds are enough to make anyone go mad!!! to me it looks like kids on acid! wait till they start fiddling with the mains! haha

[albatros777]

Jeese k-2's circuit bending? It sounds like such a bad idea. My parents had to try pretty hard to prevent me from tearing electronics apart when I was that age.

If someone taught me how to do it well it might have been even worse!:-)

Despite the jokes I think that's an awesome program.

[smusicman1994]

this is the greatest school ever.

[serfur007]

the kids are so young & so mature...

[virus616]

That's cute....

[gbbasher]

Speak & Spell

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[Tyler11440]

thats what they say :)

[Lasareath]

For a an effect that'll you'll remember forever use your tounge!

[Tyler11440]

i did that before, you cant feel a thing

[omgwtfjason]

i wish they taught this at my school :)

[rickyb3dia]

1:00 looks like so much fun, so easy

i want one!

[aliceate]

dude that looks like circuit bending school from hellll. hahaha

[hoolymakeral]

See kids now all ur toys sound like there possest that not the childhood you guys should have :)

[gingerbreadbus]

"Hey kids, put your fingers on the contacts!"

Zzzzzt. Burning smell...

Que the plug sockets.

[pspornitz]

I got a Radio Shack toy one year for xmas, thought it was lame, but played with it anyway, then I was hooked. What seemed like a lame toy taught me all of the basics of wiring and circutry. Even if these kids look bored, they are learning on lots of levels.

[kenziegunn]

i bet kids know way more than i ever will about art

[corelordtwo]

wow! lol that explains why my finger was stinging for about 4 days.. lol i touched a circuit when my ps2 was on.. lol dont take your ps2 apart when it is on!! it only causes pain! ( i dont know if i touched a circuit.. but i touched something that electrecuted me)

[2a03]

they look sooo bored haha

[dominic508]

look like they don't care at all about circuit bending -_-

[AlexiLaiho227]

wow. that kills the hobby for me.

[mightyPants]

they are just kids having fun, what the fuck do you expect?

[Nicetry75]

1:24, if i were her, I wouldn't stop laughing!

[LiquidChem]

DUDE i hope you teach those kids not to touch capacitors! well theyll learn either way when they get to that he he I had to !

[Daghead]

A disposable camera taught me. I was trying to get control of the flash.

[sovietkazakh]

what do you mean in my 10th grade electronics class i just built a 555 IC timer with capacitors and transistors. what could possibly happen?

[LiquidChem]

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN? capacitors can carry a charge far after they have been unplugged and if you come in contact with the terminals you can take that charge into your body.. you can get hurt, go into a coma or die, hence "electrocution!"

Very well documented, besides that, IVE been elctrocuted before from touching a capacitor.. it made my whole body tense up and tighten for a brief moment or two..

[sovietkazakh]

oh!!! wow i hope there are no permanent injuries. your body probably tightened up due to the micro volts that pulsed through you... it was a micro capacitor right?

[Isilfea]

Daghead, the same thing happened to me a few days ago. My whole arm hurt for a few seconds.

[JoelLara]

awee look at the little mini-electronic nerds (the good kind of nerd)

[MrKhash]

I never expierienced circuit bendiing before

how do u do it and what do you use to do it

[LiquidChem]

Circuit bending is taking an elctronic device that outputs sound, and connecting together different circuits that arents supposed to connect together to get wierd results..like crossing the wires..

[andyr001]

Ah rubbing lead solder with your hands can cause cancer.

[fimbles101]

My mum would have killed me for breaking my stuff!! comon kids lets go dismantle the tv!! Be warned. One of these little cherubs will be circuit bending their pets soon :P

[hak2213]

haha yeah and their parents also

ive wasted my life but im only 13 their well ahead of the game

[PragmaticEncephalon]

Glitch and Experimental electronic thinkers, check out my vids and help further evolve this music movement. All help appreciated.

[sunnycheetah]

I would have expected a total breakdown of the circuits, seems they do last.

[DenVaagheid]

how cute

[kevshark]

startin em young

[fishstixman]

Greeting cards are easy and fun to circuit bend. I like to hook up a 555 to the chip and listen the music be totally fucked up.

[DrakCorpInc]

I think its pretty cool for kids to experiment with circuit bending!

[filipalpg]

lol, it looks like a bunch of children with broken toys to me

*researches about circuit bending*

[Actionlightscamera]

these children seem like kids you'd see in a horror movie, they all look kinda creppy....

[Beck436]

martyntaylom

don't be angry that you can't understand electronics a young child can use. Look into circuit bending before dissing it.

[iroc464]

ahhh kids learning to hack electronics at such an early age. Awesome.

[kidonthe300ex]

FNA Future Nerds Of America

[emogoodreau]

Circuit bending is so much more fun with a plugged in toaster in the bath tub...everyone should try it.

[wazseeyou]

Think I'll go take a dump.

[martyntaylom]

This Shit is for retards with retarted people around them in a retarted house with a reterted cat!

[emogoodreau]

is retarted something that happens after you have eaten a fruit or pop tart???

[rokproddah]

damn these kids are badass

[Sasuke19623]

The first girl that circut bend was a retard.

[sunzbckkk]

circuit bending seems pointless to me, i mean all you are doing are making some extremly annoying sound and wasting time

[Beck436]

it can be sequenced at will to create music. that's the main point.

[E3pOPWNER]

if that isn't plugged in it cant harm you... "don't touch it with your hands" batteries are harmless.

[anotherloserontheweb]

I played with electronics all through my childhood and it gave me massive brain damage. All of these kids will end up just like me. Please consider the consequences. Thank you.

[PrivatWAFFEL]

No, you have brain damage for sticking a fork into the plug socket

[Juliusandroide]

gotta love those kids in the backround throwing toy-cars around. Just thinking about it makes me giggle...!

[infoseekr]

fun till a capacitor knocks a kid down...

[distanttrain]

or their older brother does ...for having ruined a circuit...and VOIDING the integrity of oem

[kingdwyer]

were did that happen?

[ricardobeat]

99,99% unlikely on a toy fed by batteries. your fridge can explode as well.

[madamerotten]

A small aluminum electrolytic capacitor (such as one rated 470uF at 10v) will explode with enough force to blind a person if connected improperly to a 9v alkaline battery, which can deliver well over an ampere. "99.99%" unlikely implies one chance in 10,000, which is too much, considering that such a situation can be easily avoided, if adults acted responsibly.

[cumesoftware]

Yup. Did it myself with a 2200uF. Men, what a nuke it was.

[MournfulDemon]

hahah the two girls messing with it are adorable

[JunJP02]

Circuit bending at a young age...I just found out about circuit bending yesterday (5/6/07).

[XdrowningkittenX]

those lucky kids i wish i had someone that would have tought me bending that young

[BEHNTHECOOLEST]

this was retarded

[JDK1981]

wow going to break a bunch of stuff and do this right now ..... No but i will go break stuff lol

[junoxtc]

RAD!!! I hope my kids are that cool with me makng crazy sounds when i'm older ... that was cool tho, the kids were into idm type stuff ... sweet! ... future generation of noise artists ... hit up mike patton NOW! ...

[masterofpuppies91]

I took a robotics program over the summer...nothing like this. PLEASE, HOW DO YOU DO IT?????!!! i WANT TO MAKE CRYPTIC SOUNDS AS WELL Anyone? Please.

[wintermute0]

Kids toy. Cross wires. Find neat sounds. Wire in switches/knobs/contacts for the ones you like.

[masterofpuppies91]

Gee that explains a lot. How?

[wintermute0]

No, really, there's no set-in-stone way to do it. It's trial and error, some solder and spare time. Some people learn electronics theory in the process - some just work like those kids, shorting across wires to see if they can make interesting noises and working from there.

The closest I can think of is the book by Reed Ghazala (his site is at anti-theory dot com/soundart/circuitbend/) and lots of personal websites.

[ubentu]

XD you broke it LOL love it, it's awsome when you play around with these things, and yes, you can fix them back to their normal position, you explain what a capacitor is 8 year old (a hint would be a device that holds a charge and lets it all go in one spark

[Gugolpl0x]

You guys just bash on circuit bending because you tried and failed. No, fun isn't really a life lesson, but it's fun. Children need that, or they can't function.

[phantompye]

wow hes teaching his kids to break there toys to make retarded sounds that a great life lesson

[zerohero33]

he's trying to spark creativity.... something which u either got bored of or never took part in

[kaynafox]

the category should be anoying not comedy lol

[teamodmd]

lol circuit bending is sooo stupid, messing up actually working things for just the stupidity and randomness of it huh?

[Fxdrum]

its not for the stupidity and randomness. If you think of sounds in a sound or musical composition as a conversation then circuit bending is broadening your vocabulary. The Art of Noises written in 1913 by Luigi Russolo, which is considered one of the most important documents on the aesthetics of music in the 20th century backs up why circuit bending is a valuable tool for writing music and composing sound art. Also...if this is messing things up then so is building a hot rod.

[Johnnypoprock]

You kids are smart then what is an capacitor I am 8 years old

[Gugolpl0x]

Really. Prove it.

[lanswipe]

you broke it

[GreenKeeper303]

Holly shit ;-)

[shaggorama]

best after school program ever

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[christelle2194]

i hate when they do that!

[Beck436]

this is fantastic. completely fantastic. I circuit bend myself, but I began late on in life. These kids have been influenced to do great things at a very young age. They could grow up to be the next generation of Aphex Twin or Venetian Snares

[thecirrusminor]

man...i wish i had something like this as a kid!

the girl with the red speak-n-spell thing makes me teehee.

[dustandcinder]

This is great, I love to see kids experimenting! It's so good to see them exposed to something other than the f-ing mass produced, boring shite that's being bombarded at them by the media, maybe they'll figure out that there are interesting things in the world at a younger age than most. Good on whoever taught them how to circuit bend.

[captainfevzi]

circuit sır'kıt :devre turkish

[dariaxcore]

so cool

[BlkSerialKilla]

Aww thats so sad, kids playing with broken toys

[N4mU]

hahaha

[ManRayDali]

I love bending, but I have some problems with this video. Kids at that age should not be touching exposed circuit boards and solder connections. Cheap solder contains a significant amount of Lead and boards are coated with a lot of carcinogenic chemicals. Did you make sure that they all washed their hands after touching the solder and boards, before they put fingers in their mouth, nose, or eyes? Did the parents give consent for their kids to be exposed to toxic materials? Probably not.

[madamerotten]

There is nothing "cheap" about lead-alloy solder, and in fact, the lead is used to increase the quality and reliability of the soldered connections in many respects. (Very high-reliability electronics is explicitly soldered with 37% lead solder.) However, you are right in your concerns that lead solder is toxic and shouldn't be a child's toy.

[cumesoftware]

The lead is used to lower the melting point of the alloy. In fact, a lead/tin alloy will melt at a lower temperature than lead or tin alone.

[DoctorPatient]

while I think this is great to see, I don't feel that these kids have enough reference of what's "normal" to truly appreciate how bending makes sounds anything but "normal" -- sure, they can react with "cool" and "weird" but what we love about bending is the unexpected sounds, since we know what to expect -- am I explaining that well? ... I'm certainly not discouraging these kids from experimenting! anything but that! have fun! make weird noises! YEAH!

[tarhun]

surely that's a good thing? they have no points of references, so they're sound neutral when it comes to aesthetics....

[lunatic84x]

No,no,no ,only these three circuits. Good

[vx6xuxk]

he's letting kids play with his bent SK1

ah wtf

[timthetortoise]

They don't look too interested in it for the most part, but I really really wish I could have done this while in second grade. Keep it up.

[2youth]

Fresh meat for the ELECTROFREAKS REHAB CLINIC. Muwaahahahahha

[lukosrage]

lol young engineers, coolness

[turntableterrorist]

One of the coolest things I ever saw on YouTube...

[stalag3333]

cool

[Heinekren]

Those kids are creating some amazing stuff. There's something fascinating about the way those kids interact with familiar devices behaving in an alien way.

They're acting with a post-human understanding of machines.

[crissml]

the little girl with the red keybord made a sound just like one performed by Kraftwerk album "computer world" , tack number 6.....

I think this is very inspiring.... and "BigPUTZ" ...whats problem with you ?????

regards.... I did some circuit bending when i was 4 years old ...and now im an electronic engenier student.... i will graduate in 2 weeks...

[AppA]

maybe this is a noob question (which it is), but i've heard something about curcuit bending, am i able to do it also? and what equipment do i need?

[RantovRizzia]

This is awesome!! Who is teaching these kids to get involved in this? Whoever is involved in this, keep an eye on those kids. They are going to make great audio artists.

[qualhiveldorf]

awesome, we need this nationwide.

[potar]

hells yeah, spread the truth to the youth!