How to Bend a Circuit

Video Transcript

"AMANDA CLAIRE: So, believe it or not, circuit bending is pretty easy. And I think the reason a lot people don't do it is, well maybe a bunch of people think that it's a kind of weird thing to do. So you know, that's just a question of taste. But it's really easy and you don't need to know a lot about electronics, I mean, except for just for the very basics of conducting electricity between two parts that are made out of metal. I mean that's really kind of all you need to understand because these are low-voltage devices. There is no risk of electric shock. You know, it's really easy to get in there and mess around with the circuit board. If you get things like these at a thrift store, they're really inexpensive so you're not risking, you know, damaging something irreversibly or irreplaceably. And you know, as long as you can learn how to use a soldering iron safely and you know you learn how to solder correctly, I think anyone can do it. So, I guess my point is, is don't be scared off or don't' be deterred from maybe trying to get into this because you feel like you don't know anything about electronics. Because circuit bending is very much of a, kind of an exploratory activity where you kinda make it up as you go along and it's pretty easy to get good results without a whole lot of work or without really knowing a whole about electronics before you begin."