Here are a bunch of new Operator patches I made last week:

Here’s my latest New Scientist video, chronicling a trip out into Monterey Bay to catch Humboldt Squid, which are spending more time in northern California waters than usual. Read Peter Aldhous’ excellent account of the trip here.

Here’s an Operator patch I made today:

And a new clickable Processing js sketch. Each time you click, the spiral will redraw itself with slightly different attributes.

Another week, another click-able Processing js sketch, and–surprise–a droney, moody sound to go with it.

Here are three sounds and a click-able Processing js sketch for your Sunday.

Pots and pans 1:

Pots and pans 2:

Sweeping vacuum chamber:

Here’s what I wrote for New Scientist in October:

Open-source Disaster Recovery Software (500 words)

Minimax Athletes(500 words)

Submarine Neutrinos(500 words)

Moonbots(500 words + 30 sec video + 3 photos)

Living Wallpaper(500 words)

Robotic Driving Companion(500 words)

CCD Space Images Gallery(Curated 13 Images)

Total for New Scientist: 3000 words, 1 video, 1 gallery

I also had some pieces appear in other venues:

The Nieman Storyboard Project:
Serious Games

Book of Odds:
Sharks vs. Vending Machines

Not-so-wild Wildfires

Endangered Hunters

Last weekend I had a great time covering the NASA Lunar Regolith Challenge–a competition to see who could build the best remotely operated digging moonbot. Between each round, the judges would pack down the material with a machine that sounded like this (not quite exactly like this…I’ve played with the pitch somewhat):

Here’s the same sound, layered against itself three times, each at a different pitch and with a slight filter sweep. There’s some reverb on there too.

Here’s a test of the very cool HasCanvas IDE for Processing.js.