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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 10h

I'm running a SPOKE workshop in London in a few weeks. Come learn how easy it is to build a touch based midi controller. www.eventbrite.com/e/build-a-mi...

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I am running a SPOKE workshop in London on October 6th for anyone wanting to learn how easy it is to incorporate touch sensing interaction into your projects. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-intro-t...

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pimoroni @pimoroni.com · 22/09/2026

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Pimoroni Maker Store

We're a small crew in Sheffield making colourful electronics for curious people. We design and manufacture our own boards and kits, seek out the best bits from Raspberry Pi, Adafruit and friends, pack...

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Nice! Love the little foot nudge for accuracy.

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

More press about my SPOKE board. This time I wrote about the development and use of the board for the Make substack. makezine.substack.com/p/spoke-buil...

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Correct! I could have driven to Scotland with time to spare in the time it took them to turn up. Shambles.

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Where in the UK would you guess it takes the AA 9 hours to attend a broken down car?

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Richard Sambrook @sambrook.eurosky.social · 16/08/2026

BBC’s coverage of Reform’s welfare plans is frankly bizarre. Headlines in Ten, leading on some radio networks. Reform are not even the official opposition and the plans have less credibility than Count Binface. Will BBC News do the same for Lib Dem and Greens policy two years out from an election?

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

No Spoilers but could someone please make a gif of the two children being greeted at the gate by Matt Smith in HoD. I teach one of them and want to include it in my teaching slides.

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Dear American friends. There is a small stock of my boards in the US at PiShop here www.pishop.us/product/spok... The board turns anything conductive into any type of computer input. Helping you build all sorts of creative new interfaces for music, gaming, interactive artworks etc

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Finally. The album compilation I've been waiting for.

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Materials you can use to control your computer. With a SPOKE board as the bit in the middle. www.spokeboard.com

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

It is! Glad I managed to make it at least recognisable

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

In a Nick Drake sort of mood. I built this instrument using a spoke-mini, bamboo canes and little metal leaf decorations.

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A close up of the instrument.

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I built a capacitive touch instrument using pewter cast fungi embedded into a log. It uses a spoke-mini and runs Circuitpython to handle the MIDI. #CircuitPyhtonDay2026

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v buckenham @v21.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

announcing: picodevil, my new tool for livecoding visuals by chopping up video with patterns picodevil.com

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picodevil

picodevil is here to help you livecode visuals! let's chop up some videos with patterns!

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I created a new free web tool for my SPOKE board that lets you configure exactly what each touch sensor does without the need to go near the code. Set individual pins to be midi notes or chords or cc inputs or have them be keyboard or mouse commands. www.spokeboard.com/play

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

SPOKE got a 9/10 review in the latest Official Raspberry Pi magazine! Plus they interviewed me about my work and projects. It's a massive honour to be recognised by them. SPOKE wouldn't even exist without their products and dedication to open source knowledge and hardware.

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

An oldie, chopped into a mini. Trying that whole marketing scam of an enticing title that doesn't make sense unless you watch the whole clip. But also, I built SPOKE to make my own creative life easier. Then quickly decided everyone elses creative life should also be easier.

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Count Binface has the chance to do the funniest thing ever.

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Nah, the pointy bits are the bits you hammer. There are hidden even pointer bits underneath!

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Hooks that you hammer into walls.

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Using SPOKE to turn the SPOKE artwork into a playable musical instrument.

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Les Pounder @biglesp.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I've just opened the box and plugged in SPOKE for the first time and somehow I made the beat from the Sega MegaDrive game Streets of Rage title screen. Anyway. I'm tinkering with this today, full write up will be on Pimoroni very soon. youtube.com/shorts/9APfa... shop.pimoroni.com/products/spo...

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Emily @mle.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

This has been a quixotic quest for no reason other than to see if i could do it, but I did do it: I've created a ceramic circuit board with copper traces that I can solder components to. Here's a little astable multivibrator circuit running on stoneware.

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

My SPOKE-mini solder yourself kit is now up at @pimoroni.com Use it to turn a rpi pico into a 26 pin capacitive touchboard and embed it inside projects, musical instruments, games controllers, interactive artworks, accessibility devices, all sorts! shop.pimoroni.com/products/spo...

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

He is using a micro:kit banana synth which isn't a makey makey and is new/up on Kickstarter. My own board has 27 inputs and works as a usb-midi device. So similar but different.

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Built a transparent midi controller using the SPOKE-MINI to show off how to connect upholstery nails to the board. Super simple and reeeeaaaaally nice tactile touch sensors.

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v buckenham @v21.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

seen it linked a few times, and finally read it. yes, this article is a good summary of where we're at with trans rights in the UK: www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-t...

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The End of Trans Rights in the UK Is the Start of Democratic Collapse

It's never just one minority.

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

When I started to learn in my mid 30s I was always veering to the left edge of the road as that's where I cycled. Not really considering cars shouldn't be overtaking me constantly when I'm also a car.

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Wishing my mate Sam all the luck in the world performing tonight at Eurovision! I'm not especially patriotic, but he's a great representative of proper British eccentrics.

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Available only at Pimoroni shop.pimoroni.com/products/spo...

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

It's a board that has 27 touch sensors on it that can trigger any kind of computer input. You can then attach any conductive material or object onto each sensor so that THAT then is the touch sensor.

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Can't wait to see what you make Huw!

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

These are just some of the things already built with the SPOKE board. Super easy touch sensing for creative projects. www.spokeboard.com

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

SPOKE can easily be coded to work in a bunch of different modes. Or a combination of different ones. Or completely new ones we hadn't thought about yet as it's all run in #Circuitpython www.spokeboard.com for more info!

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Its all good! They're similar bits of kit so the comparisons are inevitable. I've been using them and other touch boards for 15+ years in education and workshops, I wouldn't have made SPOKE if I didn't think it was something new and worthwhile.

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Tom Vulpes @vulpeslabs.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Hi there! This works different to a makey makey. It uses capacitive touch instead of resistive touch, so you don't need to hold a Ground connection while using it. A subtle bit big difference if you're building touch based interfaces. :)

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Paul Cutler @paulcutler.org · 01/05/2026

Catch Tom on this coming Monday's episode of The CircuitPython Show!

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