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Code turns MacBook hinge into a creaking door, Theremin
Apple’s MacBook series has had sensors in the hinge since 2019. One developer, Sam Henri Gold, decided to put that to use, first transforming the hinge into a creaking door, and next a playable Theremin.
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Sonification Tools for Ableton Live now has a synth that plays data
Sonification Tools v2 from Manifest Audio and Noah Pred can now sonify text, images, video, and OSC – plus it’s got an all-new 8-voice polysynth that lets you play that data like an instrument. Noah also reflects on what sonifying data can mean.
Peter Kirn - February 13, 2025
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Three years of solar flares transformed into music: ESA x Maple Pools
See and hear what our nearest star and mass nuclear fusion reactor has been up to in the past three years. The solar show is captured by the ESA-led Solar Orbiter mission and new UV images and musical sonification.
Peter Kirn - January 15, 2025
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In the 90s, this astrophysicist made trippy pop from star sounds
Peter Kirn - April 10, 2024
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Sonification Tools for Live uses data for sound, offers educational potential
Peter Kirn - October 10, 2023
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Set today’s solar eclipse to sound, with music picks, data, and NASA
Peter Kirn - August 21, 2017
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European Space Agency just gave away a bunch of space media for use
Peter Kirn - February 21, 2017
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