Theremins make some spookiest sounds around, but they are notoriously difficult to play. This homemade version uses IR light instead of induction loops, and if you can slide a card across a table, you can play it.
Straight from the bestselling book 1001 Things to Do with a Theremin* comes this dinky little idea: hooking up a Theremin to a PC and playing Mario on it. The genius behind the Mario-Theremin hookup: Modding the Theremin to make...