Circuit bent mechanical furby sequencer - The Furby Gurdy!

[JustSomePerson888]

ah nevermind, changed my browser. something is wrong with firefox, it plays loys of youtube videos back with everything disabled....

[JustSomePerson888]

why does this video playback without any flash enabled, and when opted out of html5.

how do i turn that off.

[JustSomePerson888]

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[mistaecco]

THE PAAAAAAIN!

[JSprayaEntertainment]

did my sound just crash ?

[thkro20]

This is surreal man!

[FoamKittyGamer]

Should put an annotation about changing it to 240p, because it started up when I came here, and popped my speakers scaring the crap out of me.

[MegaLamka]

this is awe inspiring

[senseibrew]

Nice job senor.

[BetterJS]

So that was... completely awesome.

[rydimryderd]

This is so f'd, but equally awesome. I can only imagine how crazy this would make me in the right (or wrong) circumstances, i.e. after a long debauched night.

[EnvelopeGenerator]

This is incredible. Amazing invention!

[keithosmarferrer]

if a furby is a computer, that would be a supecomputer.

[arrisstuff]

I'll give you $500 for that....

[706michaelwilliam]

the sound is gone on the video

[thenervoussquirrel]

To hear the audio: change 360p to 240p in the lower RH side of the video display. I don't know why the sound doesn't work properly right away.

[thenervoussquirrel]

To hear the audio: change 360p to 240p in the lower RH side of the video display. I don't know why the sound doesn't work properly right away.

[Vim281]

Thumbs up if that sound at 0:03 scared the shit out of you.

[gridsleep]

Alas! Alack! Business is slack! There's no one on the rack but me!

Hollerith technology. How quaint. Now, if it sounded as nice as a hurdy-gurdy, you might have had something. If it sounds good, it is good. If it don't sound good, you just wasted your time.

[ReflexiveBeef]

i think the sound doesn't work and theres some japanese in your description cus youtube decided to circuit bend itself after it heard this

[Vocoder07]

crazy!!!...i love it.. :D

[wwmadi]

it's tape loop of a furby choir

[thenervoussquirrel]

To hear the audio: change 360p to 240p in the lower RH side of the video display. I don't know why the sound no longer works properly right away.

[Phyle9]

Sorry, no sound...

[XYtoTheDoubleG]

A design that is "Completely" beyond me!

haha

[Turtleproof]

Dystopic steampunk supernova music box.

[electronic4evr]

baby furbies.....

[somnium23]

Is this what Furbies sound like when they're having sex?

[Zhejiangopterus]

Watch in 240p to get the sound.

[thenervoussquirrel]

Thanks very much for the advice - I had been wondering what had happened to the sound!

[goophex]

sound???

[rissehx3]

What happened to the sound?

[rushnerd]

Brilliant mate, nothing like circuit bending electronics like this, it's like a rough sequencer,

[withtongueAK]

this is absolutely incredible

[wisteela]

That is fantastic. Really well made.

[redpoostain]

You sir, are a true evil genius.

A furby-gurdy!

[RainbowAtariCats]

This is disturbing, but you did a very good job at making this.

[redepoch76]

I love this thing. I love the housing too. And I love the fact that it is a mechanical sequencing device rather than electronic.

I LOVE IT!!!

[thenervoussquirrel]

It's currently on display at the Royal Festival Hall Clore Ballroom (London, UK) - come and have a go with it at 2pm this Saturday! (Sat 24/4/2010)

Dave.

[SlejvSlejv]

this is the coolest thing i've ever seen

[MEKON17]

terrifying

[val9valerie]

search val9valerie

[SplitHoof]

This just gave me cancer...

[UrbanTurban007]

@SplitHoof that cured my cancer

[furrywolf1]

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[youfortheworld]

this is the coolest thing i've seen in a really long time

[sheek80]

wish i was this smart

[LiamAJobey]

somehow thats just fuckin sickly sweet... good job man!

[simasuma]

I just ran across your work. You are a MASTER!

[teanomilk]

what, did u smoke too much pot or what??? lol

[thenervoussquirrel]

No, as that would make intricate soldering too difficult.

[internationaleds]

@thenervoussquirrel

What happened to the sound?

[val9valerie]

i have a possesed furby!

[psykicksynthsuck]

A nine year old girls nightmare made reality. How much would you want for one?

[osiris0413]

Terrible and beautiful, like the face of God.

[raysondetra]

this is a mobile furby concentration camp-those poor little things,denuded and attached to electrodes-

you should be ashamed of yourself.

Mengele and Von Braun rolled into one.

Ha Ha..............

[irule1265]

AWESOME

[GETABAGADRO]

this guys pushin it

[jasperscholma1]

i would never sleep again, just 24/7 furby raping, great.

[pizzagrenade]

this is circuit bending at its finest

[billybob3312]

what the fuck kind of freak show is this

[Dean5629]

Are you an electrical engineer?

[yermyahu]

out there.

[batcavemasters]

la verdad que un genio!!! :D

[8spektral8]

WTF! lol

[MrAnnunaki]

dude!!!!! so cool!! really really!!! honestly, man. i gotta have one of those. i think i can go a whole week doing that. haha

[jimmybobson123]

rules!

[riponKS89]

Genius

[momatt]

You loser. This is awful. Did you honestly have no better way to spend your time?

[k0rkad]

This is beautiful

[FrederickAneswape]

incredible, great work

[oticram]

how cool is this, absolutely brilliant idea and nicely done

[xkissiemex]

Sounds like something I would heard on a Pink Floyd album. O.o

[baboonhunters]

poor furbys xd

[shiyali3]

There's method in this madness...

[Icedmilkdrop]

seems hard to get sound out this - but looks like its worth it!! lol :P

[techmirror]

epic...

[webkinzspirit2001]

Why why? Do freakin people just buy furbys to kill them? Waste of money! :P that sighn is sticking it tonge out at you! sorry! here! :d=( I'm sorry it just makes me sad. X{

[TheBellows000]

Haha, awesome!

[kingsweeting]

quite cool good experiment dude

[nerosboy]

oh jeez, this is ridiculous lol

[N9olan]

At one point it starts to sound like the aliens from Close Encounters of The Third Kind-(the uncut version.)

[kyleyoso]

good stuff i bet you could get alot of money for it! maybe?

[pietervochten]

a "midi-furby" doesn't sound bad isn't it...

(hint hint... =s)

[TomPudding6]

furby torture :(

[oldestmanonmars]

..This is awesome. I gotta get rich and buy one.

[tamagotchifan34]

ti is cool but it look hard

[knucklehead66]

sexy forearm!

[bugfactory999]

really nice work.

[youngsoulrebel81]

I have an experimental music project and would love to commission you for one of these things. How much?

[CASIOFREAKS]

Very nice!

I want one for Christmas!!!!!

[thedansound]

oh my goodness, that is just wrong on so many levels, what a disturbing sound- and visual. squirrel, you are brilliant! i'm quite impressed. now i gotta go see my shrink!!!

[satweavers]

Furby Hurdy Gerdy!

[jazzimr]

great!

[svc1978]

What a fantastic machine. I'm glad to see someone mention Tim Hunkin, he's quite a hero of mine.

If I had the cash mate I'd surely commission you to build me one of these. I do hope however to learn how to do this myself at some point. :)

[tbikape]

Please make a CD!

[awombatlives]

absolutely awesome man.. would commission you to make one except I don't have the cash, want to commission me to make something?

[tubemech]

Thats the best machine ever made. (apart from my motorcycle)

[tamangel90]

freak these ppl furbys are for playing not circit bending ima repot you!!!! play with them as i should to play with them. Not with circuit bending!

theres kids that actully want these and u just took 1 away forom them u sick perseon!!

[iwilson72]

Wow, That's awesome! I reckon you're a modern day Tim Hunkin.

[thenervoussquirrel]

Thanks very much, but Tim Hunkin is actually the modern day Tim Hunkin! Check out the new sculpture that he has done for London Zoo...

[montecar87ss]

im going to see this in my nighmares. fuckin sweet. nice work

[Peacehipie]

This is so AWESOME!!!! Please make more!

[celticart]

This is art!

[Jpon96Joni]

Dude that sounds sick!

[dnaemerson]

Absolutely brilliant! And good-looking, too!

[mich16827]

wtf

[gomemdesoto]

Furby Gurdy is totally awesome.. ROFL .. nice one.

[airenocturno]

tantas molestias para semejante tonteria

[nt654321]

AWESOME!!! I want one!!!

[Szasza]

Furbys and other electronic toys are not for circuit bending! >:-(

[Emicatmon]

They are toys. They are to play with. How you play with them is up to the user :]

[Szasza]

i play with them as i should to play with them. Not with circuit bending!

[gomemdesoto]

Furbys and other electronic toys are great for circuit bending. Who cares about phrases like 'No user serviceable parts inside' or 'Warranty void if opened'

[mrguytodd]

This is one of the most disturbing things I have ever seen. And I'm not saying that just to be funny either.

[BBQLays45]

Now that is one of the best machines I have ever seen. You need to be a really smart person to do that.

[xd515]

It is really good to see such a high quality piece of work, superbly executed. I have a fair idea of what you had to do to put this together and you deserve a damn good pat on the back.. utterly staggering.

very very well done :-)

Oceanus

[AdmiralPit]

Way to put toys to use.

1:30-1:50 amuses me.

It really sounds like its processing, then it gets an error.

[a280281]

no point in this,it looks pretty cool but it sounds shit

[LiquidNihilism1]

damn thats cool, and a bit creepy.

electronica from a collection of furbees... that's fucking interesting man. never would of thought, seriously!

[0597534]

In another point of veiw, it could make a great rave song from 1:25. Nice freaking work!!! :)

[GraffitiZoneStudio]

you fricking genious. how i wish i had the baility and attention span to abuse electronics so.

[JumpCheckProductions]

wryyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[su7a7sband]

why the fuck not?

[JumpCheckProductions]

why

[su7a7sband]

what would something like this cost to commission sir?

[Malaci666]

He has one selling on ebay for $747.00 USD ($400.00 GBP)

[Domgenstein]

Your work is a total delight!

[Amishman35]

It reminds me of the sounds on the 1878 talking clock cylinder.

[tberent]

so this is what NASA spends our tax dollars on?

[bederk]

VERY nice and freak!

[RogueTortoise]

OMG... I want one

good work

[gheefreak]

That's totally awesome!

[bentsynth]

hahahaha !

[odakueffect]

Craziest thing ever. Very nice.

[WireMosasaur]

It's.. it's... terrifying. o_o

But wicked cool!

"hairy arms"... tee hee hee.

[skloot]

damn that's awesome!

[Santeria69]

i dont get it

[redclove]

most excellent. ever seen the furby pool? a crazy installation with hundreds of these things embedded into a seamless wall. google it. you'll be glad you did. make more!

[artificialmusic]

Really amazing work. For a more primitive approach to performing with bent Furbys, check out the Furby Youth Choir video I posted last October.

[GoblinFingers]

Oh, circuit bending makes me happy.

[MetalChick1982]

they look all so paralyzed with fear!

I wanna use this as a guard dog!

[andreabubus]

Awesome-Insane-Noisy-Thing!!!!  8:-P

[StookieBill]

i can tell from the build quality that you're a fastidious maker... and you've got a particular mechanical approach which works beautifully - love them cams. have a look at margaret wertheim's interview with nicholas gessler on the 'cabinet' magazine site...

there's something about the sample qualities in furbies. the other furby stuff on here is sonically absolutely unique.

[richtcello]

took a while to get going.. But then everything I expected from a circuit bent mechanical furby sequencer. Great stuff

[sonicwave001]

dude this rocks! That was a very cool project, How long did you take to make it? It sounded pretty good though, Keep it up man.

DJ. Sonicwave

[TastyBusiness]

I saw this on Make.  This mess rules, because it made a really cool sound track. I was just talking about furby's the other day too... wierd huh?

[Califaudio]

twisted!

[beatsmyth]

WOW !!!!! I'M on ACID !!!!!!!!!

[karlitog]

Freakin sweet man

[urckrecords]

This is the future! I love it!!!!

my mom just said "that person has too much time on his hands!"

hahahhaha

[AMOKIAN]

one of the most INSANE BenT THINGS I have seen.

WHOA!!!

[japamama]

ｆｕｒｂｙ

[kick52]

Heh, great project.