Tag Archives: Sonification

ScienceCasts: The Sound of Earthsong

A NASA spacecraft has recorded eerie-sounding radio emissions coming from our own planet. These beautiful “songs of Earth” could, ironically, be responsible for the proliferation of deadly electrons in the Van Allen Belts.   EARTH: If you’re squeamish, you may … Continue reading

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The Universe of Sound: Subodh Patil – Collide@CERN Inspiration Part

Dr. Subodh Patil is a cosmologist at CERN and is the inspiration partner for Bill Fontana, 2012-2013 Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN winner, during his residency at CERN. Bill began his 3-month residency at CERN at an event called “The Universe … Continue reading

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Bernie Krause: The voice of the natural world

http://www.ted.com/talks/bernie_krause_the_voice_of_the_natural_world.html Bernie Krause has been recording wild soundscapes — the wind in the trees, the chirping of birds, the subtle sounds of insect larvae — for 45 years. In that time, he has seen many environments radically altered by humans, … Continue reading

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The Universe of Sound: Bill Fontana – Collide@CERN Artist

Bill Fontana is a renowned American sound sculptor who studied with John Cage and is the 2012-2013 Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN winner. He began his 2-month residency at CERN with an event entitled “The Universe of Sound” on 4 July … Continue reading

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Research Presentation: Oliver Gressel, Nordita

Published on Feb 7, 2013 Dr. Oliver Gressel is a postdoc at Nordita, the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, in Stockholm Sweden. Here he presents his research in theoretical astrophysics. See Also: Video: The origin of galactic magnetic fields, Oliver … Continue reading

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Songs of the Stars: the Real Music of the Spheres

http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/sites/all/libraries/mediaplayer/player.swf Songs of the Stars: the Real Music of the Spheres Recording Details Speaker(s): Donald KurtzCollection/Series: Perimeter Institute Public Lecture Series Perimeter Institute Recorded Seminar Archive (PIRSA). Different oscillation modes penetrate to different depths inside a star. Asteroseismology (from Greek … Continue reading

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The Genetics of Spacetime

It is interesting to discover a thought process that one can tap into which allows us to think in the way that we do?;) I’ll explain a bit more after you read the quote and link supplied. http://www.flickr.com/photos/h-k-d/4291413264/ If our … Continue reading

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Applying Color to the Real World

Spectra are complex because each spectrum holds a wide variety of information. For instance, there are many different mechanisms by which an object, like a star, can produce light – or using the technical term for light, electromagnetic radiation. Each … Continue reading

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Colour and Sound

Sounds and colors are “metered measures?” It is something we have designed in order to account for communication of certain facts? While I present some quotations here for consideration, it is also in the quest to understand what illusion and … Continue reading

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The Nano Guitar

Modulating Phases States:Neural Correlates to Consciousness Dustin W. Carr, under the direction of Professor Harold G. Craighead, created the nano guitar in the Cornell Nanofabrication Facility in 1997. The idea came about as a fun way to illustrate nanotechnology, and … Continue reading

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