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Building a Matchbox Microphone Using Pencil Graphite

Lifehacker recently posted this video uploaded by video blogger DaveHax that shows us how to make a simple matchbox microphone out of a few pencils, a matchbox and, well, little else. How a Microphone Works Microphones have little diaphragms that move back and forth when sound waves hit it.  They turn the sound waves into […]

The Interview in Pencil Form

By now, most of us have heard about The Interview, the comedy film about North Korea that became the centerpiece of a conflict between North Korea and Sony Pictures which included hacking, the movie’s removal and eventual return to theaters. Before this subpar comedy became so glorified, the writers at Slate decided that they would […]