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DIY Paranormal Gear: Arduino

January 5, 2015 by Roger

Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Intel Edison

To create a smart piece of ghost hunting equipment, you need to start with a computer. Seems obvious enough, right? But obviously said computer has to be small as well. In part one of this installment of DIY ghost gear, we’ll introduce you the Arduino microcontroller platform. In part two, we’ll discuss the Raspberry Pi and Intel Edison.

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Filed Under: DIY Gear Tagged With: diy, equipment, ghost hunting

Making Your Own Ghost Hunting Equipment

January 1, 2015 by Roger

Bargraph Arduino EMF Detector
First prototype of an Arduino based EMF detector

The maker movement has taken the world by storm. No longer are people content to buy their own gadgets off the shelf, they instead want to make their own or modify other gadgets. If you’re not familiar with Maker culture, here’s a great Wiki article.

This week, SciMinds proudly introduces our first series on do it yourself (DIY) ghost hunting equipment.

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Filed Under: DIY Gear Tagged With: arduino, diy, equipment, ghost hunting, paranormal, raspberry pi

Synched, Saturated Audio

December 27, 2014 by Roger

Probably my favorite technique I’ve stumbled on for analyzing audio evidence is synchronized, saturated audio. What is it? It’s the practice of recording using as many audio recorders as possible, then synching the audio streams together while reviewing evidence.

What is the Advantage?

How many times have you been investigating a location and heard a strange voice or sound? Was it someone outside the building? Was it paranormal? How can you be sure? The fact is that walls muffle and change sounds.

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Filed Under: Techniques Tagged With: audio, evps, ghost hunting, techniques

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