I know this is off our group's topic but given ARR's love for experimentation
and learning, I thought we fans could emulate his spirit. Found this
interesting music news in my RSS feeds:
1) Massive Arduino-and-solenoid percussion array controlled by a Wiimote (Video)
Patrick Flanagan is a one-man band who performs under the name "Jazari," with a
giant, elaborate, solenoid-and-Arduino-driven percussion range that's
controlled by Wiimote, letting him conduct it like a mad wizard as it whirls
and thunders. And the music is fully rockin'.
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/25/massive-arduino-and-.html
2) Sounds from space
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/25/sounds-from-space.html
If you've read our feature story up today about NASA's Cassini space probe
(http://www.boingboing.net/features/cassini.html), then you know about Don
Gurnett, a University of Iowa scientists whose research includes recording and
analyzing sound waves from space.
You can listen online (http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/space-audio/) to some of
Gurnett's favorite space soundsâ"including a Dawn Chorus recorded from Earth's
radiation belt (http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/space-audio/sounds/)â"and
watch animations that pair the sound with spectrogram visualizations of the
waves. Very cool stuff!
