handmade computing

fresh from the lab

watch ideas brew in the lab, then pick up a fresh batch in the shop. downloads, zines, and soft electronic parts, made slowly in nyc by electrocute lab.

in the window today1-bit patterns
brewing in the compuwery

now brewing⠋

r&d still fermenting in the lab. when something's ready, it becomes a fresh batch.

preview coming soon

poetronics zine

almost ready

a small zine on poetronics. already made, coming to the shelf soon.

preview coming soon

electric craft

just an idea

a soft electronics starter kit with magnetic connectors.

preview coming soon

softOS

just an idea

the soft computer's interface, poured into its own e-ink os.

ready

the recipes[✓]

every batch starts as a recipe, so you can see what went into each one before you pick it up.

e-ink wallpapers

batch 001
  1. grow a patternwrite a small generative sketch: ripples, blooms, tides.
  2. dither to 1 bitreduce every pixel to ink or paper with an ordered dither.
  3. proof on glassload it onto a microcontroller with an e-ink screen, like a thinkink feather, and watch it refresh.
find it on the shelf →

poetronics lexicon

batch 002
  1. pick a parttake one component off the bench and hold it for a while.
  2. sit with itnotice what it does, not just what the datasheet says.
  3. write it downa few lines, slowly, until it sounds right out loud.
find it on the shelf →

punched poems

batch 003
  1. take a definitionstart with a finished entry from the lexicon.
  2. encode each lettermap every character to its ibm 029 hole pattern.
  3. punch the deckrender the cards, 80 columns at a time.
find it on the shelf →

ring the bell

batches are small and go quickly. get a note when something new is done brewing.

ring it