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Telemegaphone Dale is a 23-foot-tall wind-powered loudspeaker sculpture that picks up incoming calls and projects them into the nearby surroundings. This Telemegaphone, created by the Swedish designers at Unsworn Industries, is located [...]

50 Particles in a Three-Dimensional Harmonic Potential »

The “50 Particles in a Three-Dimensional Harmonic Potential” is a 10-minute composition derived from the algorithms explained in the “Sonification of Particle Systems via de Broglie’s Hypothesis.” The composition is broken up into 5 movements (listed below), each 120 seconds long. You do not have to be a physicist in order to enjoy [...]

Super sensitive mic can hear snail heartbeats, ant footsteps »

Somebody pinch me, please…

“The microphone has a remarkable contact point design, through which it can detect minute sounds that are virtually inaudible to the human ear, such as an ant’s footsteps or the heart beat of a snail.”
Instead of using a traditional diaphragm, this microphone uses a small “pin” which, on contact with a sounding [...]

The Octopulse! »

An electronic cephalopod instrument. What more could you ask for!?

“The Octopulse shows that noise is music. With this cuddly ‘alien bagpipe’ you can control analogue sound synthesis through unconventional means. The ‘tonetacles’ of the Octopulse react to movement and light, transferring movements into information for an analogue synthesizer to convert into cacophonous noises.”

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iBand, the iPhone musical trio »

iBand is a trio of techie musicians who play two iPhones and an iPod Touch (and occasionally a Nintendo DS).

“Light harps” - playing with lasers »

Light harps are interactive art installations that use laser beams to detect motion which, in turn, play corresponding musical tones. Jen Lewin, who created the instrument below, has been building light harps for the past 12 years. Her work has varied from indoor musical laser sculptures to on-stage performance pieces and outdoor installations.

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