We’re renovating the apartment, which is why I haven’t been online as much as I’d like. The renovation feels very offline. Sometimes we have to move the side table that the Raspberry Pi is on and this website goes down in result. There is a likely possibility that the reason for the server not responding is us putting the flooring down or drilling into a wire again. This has happened before, and afterwards I realised that a couple of years ago I had made a device that could work as a wire detector, even if its main function was art.

Weekend Project: Listen to Weird Sounds from Electromagnetic Fields

Elektrosluch is an open-source device for electromagnetic listening. It allows one to discover the sonic worlds of electromagnetic fields, surrounding our every step.

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The author of the instructions deliberately picked the components to make the electricity sound fun, which is a nice distinction from store-bought wire detectors that usually offer helpful but less pleasant screeching or beeping.