elf synth (vape synth)
2024 - 2026

Vape Synth is a series of physical analog and digital synthesizers that are reclaimed from discarded rechargeable elf bar vape. The analog synthesizer uses a 555 ic synthesizer circuit and the digital synth uses a microcontroller with wireless modules

Read about it on Resistor NYC’s Blog. The piece was presented at Open Hardware Summit 2024, Electronic Faire 2025, and ACM TEI 2026

This is a collaboration project with David Rios, Kari Love, and Becky Stern.

Read our interview at WIRED

Read our workshop proceedings at the ACM library

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