I know I havent talked much abotu this.. but soem freinds of mine (mike, suz, greg, kaia, nick , and esteben) have been working on a project to convert human brain waves into music. More specifically we are trying to detect the “flow state” and use that to modulate a musicians instrument.… It’s been going on for a long time…. Early points of us all being out working with Mike and Bob Weir (see http://johncohn.org/base/2023/04/16/sunday-night-the-project/)

Anyway, the goal is always been to be able to make this thing into a standalone affects pedal size device. We took a big step for the last few weeks. I was actually able to miniaturize all of the electronics and code into a small stomp switch box. This is just an interme test set up or will actually put it into a nice custom box. But the cool thing is.

It works !!!!

 We’re all getting together in May to test it and tune it in. But this is really turned out to be a fun project .. maybe even a product !.. we’ll see !

nite all, nite sam
-me

Another beautiful snowy day..   We took nova up Bamforth to Duxbury Window

We’re all  so loving this winter !

nite all, nite sam
-me

woke up to beautiful snow..    roads are still frozen enough to dive.. so we went up for a great hike at libbys look. Novas still loving the snow

around 3 we headed to Zenbarn to help set up fluffy .. Duane is having hs 70th birthday party there.. and it looks like its going to be fun. It was fun gettign fluffy set up in the snow

the party started at dusk.. lots of our duaneswhirld friends were there with lots of folks who had come in from all across the country..  and cost rica !.. 

THere were lots of great pictures of Duane thrigh the years.. as an LA cop, as a business man, as a burning man impresario.. 
Duanes friend Madison was DJing which was fun

the weird thing was that there was only about 30 minutes of partying on Fluffy  .. I think because of a neighborhood noise thing… 

just as folks went out to fluffy to sing Duane happy birthday. I got a call from Max who needed some travel help.. I headed out to our car to help him.. which didn’t take long, but by the time I got back, everyone was off fluffy and back inside.. I had totally missed that part.. must have only been 20 minutes.

anyway.. great party.. and lots of love from Duane.. he really is an amazing manifester.. he makes things happens and get people together.. 

as one of those people, i’m very happy he was born !

Happy birtday Duano !.. you make 70 look like so much fun !!!!

nite all, nite sam
-me

Super busy day.. I generally dont work Fridays at Beta since i’m part time.. but I have been this month because of the travel we’re doign to see  our kids. 
I’m workign on soem fun stuff at work.. but cant really go in to that here.. but I did get to see some weird signs today at work

one project I can talk about is the flow container.  My friends tom, alencia and ty are working  to get the old Barbaroosa flow container back in working condition. The flow container was a test case for a proposed interactive ‘meowwolf-like’ entertainment project here in VT. that project didnt go anywhere… but BETA somehoe inherited this test case and my freinds and I are trying to get it serviceable .

here’s the guts of one of the pieces we’re trying to get working.. 

we need to do ths on our own time.. but I think it will be worth it !

nite all. nite sam
-me