Watch this badass computer hardware orchestra bang it like Kurt Cobain

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by Sindy Cator on July 7, 2016 at 3:00 pm

While the floppy disk may now be defunct, Paweł Zadrożniak has found a new exciting way to put this old school tech to use. And the outcome is just mind-boggling. Putting together 64 floppy drives, eight hard disks and two scanners, Zadrożniak has built this incredible computer hardware orchestra he calls ‘The Floppotron’. In the video above, you can watch the Floppotron cover Nirvana’s 90s classic ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’. And if you wonder how floppy disks can synthesize sound, the answer is simple. As Zadrożniak explains: Every device with an electric motor is able to generate a sound. Scanners and floppy drives use stepper motors to…