Pretty simple circuit that makes a lot of noise.
PDF of the sketch arduino-transistor-speaker
Making Things Interactive, Fall 2020
Making Things Interactive
Pretty simple circuit that makes a lot of noise.
PDF of the sketch arduino-transistor-speaker
Generate sounds related to an environment that make the environment easier to use for people who might have issue with collecting data via sight or physical capabilities. This includes data they might not be able to perceive, say “how many people are in the elevator coming to my floor?” or “when will my bus arrive at my bus stop?”
Universal design and accessibility are good starting places. I work with a lot of heat when I’m in the studio, welding metal or working with glass. As we usually say (rather loudly) while going to the first-aid box, “hot metal looks just like cold metal” or “hot glass looks just like cold glass”. I have temperature probes but they require me using both hands while looking at a screen. How can I get an audible warning that I’m about to touch something dangerously hot?
M.I.A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewRjZoRtu0Y
Kraftwerk:
Tour de France, use of bicycle/human sounds as part of a song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTe7U92ecX8
Autobahn, which I talked about but we didn’t listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DO-Ddqbqgs
Art of Noise is another band that used sampling to bring non-instrument noises to music:
Another song using the orchestral hit, Close (To the Edit): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sFK0-lcjGU
German industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten uses found objects for percussion and background tambre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrfOahWNT_A
M.I.A. has western/asian drifter culture as part of a video shot in Morrocco in support of a movement to let women legally drive cars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yuqxl284cg
why is this machine so quiet?
what is all the computation happening in this machine?
how is this different from a Trader Joe’s microwave-meal-box?
Maria asked a question about how to express color as sound. One place to start this sort of research is a colorblind simulator: https://www.color-blindness.com/coblis-color-blindness-simulator
What sounds would you add to your house to make it more accessible?
What sounds would you add to your house to make it more accessible?
One sound that would be really helpful for our house is a certain song playing as a notification if all our garbage/recycling cans aren’t in their spots on our driveway at 5:30 PM on Wednesdays. This would be a great reminder to take them off the curb so we don’t get in trouble with Pittsburgh.
Another helpful sound inspired by Jet’s weather example is a tone that would be played as we are leaving the house if it’s late afternoon/ early evening and the temperature is supposed to drop by 10 or more degrees. This could be a useful reminder to get a(nother) jacket if you aren’t already prepared for the temperature change. This is more important with everyone spending so much time inside.
Finally, a last helpful sound I thought of is if a package is delivered to have the doorbell ring if the delivery person had not done so. It seems that this year it is up in the air whether there is a notification that a package has arrived.
What sounds would you add to your house to make it more accessible?
Some examples