1. Crocodile clips(p.46) create circuits without the need for soldering and are useful in the circuit-bending process.
2. Potentiometers(p.46) are variable resistors in an electronics circuit and are controlled by turning or sliding, as in a volume control
3. Knut Aufermann and Sarah Washington(p.47), aka Tonic Train, provide an excellent starting point for a look at circuit-bending practice and performance. They are an ‘experimental electronics’ duo that modify and/or circuit-bend their own devices and use them in improvised music performances. For details, see www.mobile-radio.net
4. Gijs Gieskes(p.45)is a Dutch artist and instrument-builder. For more information, visit www.gieskes.nl
5. Paul B Davis(p.48) is an American artist and musician. For more details see www.beigerecords.com