brianduffyhasabigbrain

Beginning his toy modifications 10 years ago, Duffy’s ‘modifying procedure’ goes something like this: Take apart a battery-operated toy that makes sound and locate the circuit board. Using a piece of wire with solder on either end, connect together parts of the circuit board while the toy is making sound. Generally, the result sounds like Kraftwerk in a creche. Another way is to lick your fingers and just go prodding around, touching two points at once. However, in Duffy’s experience, “the less you know about it the better. It is like stumbling round an alien landscape in the dark.” When he finds connections he likes, he solders the wires in place and adds a switch.