February 2012
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November 2011
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WatchKinetic Sounds (by LUSTlab)
October 2011
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September 2011
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August 2011
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Watcha solar-powered computer that audiates a stream of temperature and light information into a datamelody
datamelody #001 (by EFFALO)
Watchthree arduino microcontrollers, each equipped with a temperature and light sensor. temperature is mapped to pitch and the rate of chirping is mapped to light, with a little randomness added to create rhythmic variation.
this represents the beginning of a framework for auditory visualization of environmental variables, in a similar method that the temperature can be deduced by listening to how...
July 2011
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June 2011
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5 fake sounds designed to help humans →
In the wall of sound you encounter every day, there are some noises that are more strategically placed than the others. Designers and engineers labour to create artificial noises that make life easier whether by generating atmosphere or making you feel more secure. Here are five fake sounds designed to fool us but only for our own good.
May 2011
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Watch“Beatscape is a mixed virtual-physical environment for musical ensembles where sound objects interact with temporal waves to create rhythmic grooves. Musical outcomes in the virtual world are determined by the ensemble’s actions in the physical world. Part of the ensemble manipulates physical objects representing sounds while the other part triggers the sound objects by generating waves with...
Watch“Transform everyday objects into percussive instruments”
Rediscovery of surroundings through musical interaction with objects around you Current functionality of DrumTop: A “hit” to an object with a transducer to bring up its sound Programmable drum patterns by pushing onto transducer An object weight measurement to control the strength of “hit”
DrumTop v1.0 (by Akito van Troyer)
Watchtessellated equilateral triangles (by robby kraft)
Sound Jewlry →
The original idea is to create interactive musical objects which are worn like necklaces by people. Each of the “Sound Jewelry” then automatically generates “melody” and according to the distance between the persons wearing it the sounds of “melodies” may be changed or exchanged
April 2011
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WatchLocal Code / Real Estates (by Nicholas de Monchaux)
WatchHele-Shaw cell experiments (by Nervous System)
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March 2011
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The Niche Hypothesis: How Animals
Taught Us to... →
“If, as we are suggesting, the ambient sound of primary growth habitats functions much as a modern day orchestra with each creature voice occupying its own place on the environmental music staff relative to frequency, amplitude, timbre, and duration of sound, then there is a clear acoustical message being sent as to the biological health of these locations.”
The Evolution and Functional Organization of... →
Acoustic signals, including airborne sounds and vibrations, are used widely in insects for detecting and locating predators, prey or hosts, and for various sexual and social interactions. Unlike vertebrates, insects have an amazing diversity of hearing organs, ranging from single ‘hairs’ to complex tympanal ears. In different insect taxa, hearing organs can occur on almost every part of the body,...
environmental sound matter →
If our perspective of nature sounds were more focused on the environment as a whole, instead of on behavioral manifestations of the organisms we foresee as most similar to us, we could also deal with plant bioacoustics. Furthermore, a sound environment is not only the consequence of all its sound-producing components, but also of all its sound-transmitting and sound-modifying elements. The...
BLDGBLOG: Soundscape Ecology, or: An Archive Fever... →
“One of the most significant findings was that as human impact in the landscape increases, the natural rhythms of sound created by the diverse wildlife population are replaced by low and constant human-produced noise.” The great machine-drone of human life fills forests once ringing with birdsong.
WatchExploration of phase field parameter space (by Nervous System)
For Turtles, Earth's Magnetism Is A Built-In GPS :... →
Researchers used hatchling loggerhead turtles, like this one wearing a special harness, to see how the turtles responded to changing magnetic fields as guides for migration.
New scientific field will study ecological... →
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University researcher is leading an effort to create a new scientific field that will use sound as a way to understand the ecological characteristics of a landscape and to reconnect people with the importance of natural sounds.
Watchacousmata:
Mouth Music (Blaine Dunlap and Sol Korine, 1981)
Weird music can come from the most unexpected places. This ethnomusicological documentary video, which first aired on PBS in 1981, explores the remarkable phenomenon of “mouth music,” the bizarre and varied vocal practices of the residents of the American South. Communicative bird-calls and hollers, silly syllabic rhyming songs, and...
February 2011
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January 2011
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The Cyborg Ethics of Eating →
We try to hide it with layers of abstraction, processing, spices, or artisanally prepared sous-vide chef’s creations. We cannot escape it. In order to live, humans must slaughter other living beings in vast numbers.
