dcl 3,158 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Meet the scientist who turns data into music—and listen to the sound of a neutron star From stock trends to changes in Earth’s temperature, data that vary over time are usually represented in graphs and charts. How boring! What if, instead, one could listen to the sudden drop of a stock price or the steady increase of global temperatures? Enter sonification, the process of transforming flat data into mellow soundwaves. Mark Ballora, an expert on music technology at Pennsylvania State University in State College, uses sonification to create symphonies out of scientific data. Raised in the 1960s just outside San Francisco, California, by an architect and a pianist, Ballora lived and breathed music, playing piano, listening to Beatles records, and attending Grateful Dead gigs. For the past 20 years, he has collaborated with dozens of scientists to turn all kinds of data into music, from the energy emitted by a neutron star to the body temperature cycle of arctic squirrels. More here. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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