http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/ Engadget Comments for Speak n' Spellbinder makes your ABCs a little bit creepier http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/Apr 15th 2009 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/Apr 15th 2009 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/Apr 15th 2009 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/Apr 15th 2009 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi9NzTxlcMk]]>Apr 15th 2009 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/Apr 15th 2009 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/Apr 15th 2009 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/
It's cute that circuit bent instruments are becoming cool yet again. Back in the day, this was par for the course with any analog synth (like my old Mini Moog) or those old department store Casio cheap-o keyboards that sounded like crap until you messed with them.

Anyway, it's neat that he did this, but Keith Emerson did it first, I'm sure. With vacuum tubes and lots of wires. ]]>Apr 15th 2009 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/Apr 15th 2009 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/Apr 16th 2009 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/Apr 15th 2009 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/
Dane Cook is a silly bitch haha]]>Apr 15th 2009 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/
Your need to tinker with those things have made me lots of money selling them to you!]]>Apr 15th 2009 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/Apr 15th 2009 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/Apr 15th 2009 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/Apr 15th 2009 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/Apr 15th 2009 9:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/Beam myself into the future.

Kraftwerk, 1981.

Although not a speak and spell, the speech chip they used is the same, from TI.]]>Apr 15th 2009 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/
Or we can steal all the sombreros from Cinco De Mayo! Wait, nevermind. I don't want the Frenchies to win... Or whoever the heck the Spaniards fought against.]]>Apr 15th 2009 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/Apr 16th 2009 1:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/I've circuit bent a tiny 50 cent toy guitar (also with lights) but nothing THIS major.

I could only HOPE to find a SpeakNSpell someday to bend. ]]>Apr 16th 2009 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/Apr 16th 2009 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/speak-n-spellbinder-makes-your-abcs-a-little-bit-creepier/
You owe me 4 minutes and 19 seconds of my life that I will never get back.

Love, Dan

PS -- the Voltron head was kinda cool]]>Apr 16th 2009 6:50PM