Waveform Series by Sakurako Shimizu

Waveform Series is the laser-cut shape of waveforms in sound editing applications by japanese jewelry designer Sakurako Shimizu. She used some human sound sources such as yawn, atchoum, giggle, wow, and the sound of a church bell. And what about the "I do" Wedding Band?

Bell (Cuff)

Giggle - detail view (Necklace)

[more via sakurakoshimizu.blogspot.com]

Wall•E and the Rhythmic Synth

Wall•E and the Rhythmic Synth from Gian Pablo Villamil on Vimeo.

Bowed Piano

[thanks to MG]

CAPTAIN NEMO BEAT BOX

[more noises via SonofCastille]

"Wall of Sound"

Norwegian artist Maia Urstad, created this installation, "Wall of Sound" out of hundreds of CD players stacked in the same pattern of the old stone fences between farms in Norway. Substituting heavy stones for techno-garbage, the artist made a point of creating a modern take on the reuse of electronic waste for infrastructure improvements.

[via makezine.com]

Scream like Tarzan

Tarzan’s famous cry could summon animals from the jungle but appears to have had little influence over the beasts of European bureaucracy. After a ten-year legal battle the apeman’s distinctive yell has been rejected as an EU registered trademark.

With a fortune to be made from ringtones, advertising and computer games, the literary estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs, the author who created Tarzan, is keen to protect the sound. But the EU trademark authority has ruled that, although it is possible to protect sounds that can be represented by musical notes, Tarzan’s cry does not qualify.

[read more - timesonline.co.uk]

[the Evolution of the Tarzan "Yell"]

The music of proteins

Scientists have turned proteins into music in a move they say will help vision-impaired researchers and put a bit of fun into genome biology. Title link takes you the article.


[via zdnet]

Miniature Microphones (Jul, 1933)

[via modernmechanix.com]

If you find this interesting, take a listen to Tim's recordings (via Substation).

Kungliga Filharmoniska Orkestern

[via random-good-stuff.com]

Dream Home Theater Takes Cues from Skywalker Ranch

After visiting Lucas's Skywalker Ranch theater seven years ago, home theater installer Johann Peters decided to pick and choose some of its best ideas for his own theater, spending $100,000 to build a 16-seat demo theater with a dozen speakers, 12,740 watts of amplification, a high-end JVC 1080p projector and even a mixing console. More…

[via gizmodo.com]
[take a tour of the original Stag Theater]

Robot Chicken: Star Wars TESB

Transformed into the stop-motion animated characters, the Star Wars galaxy takes on an entirely different attitude.

[via slashfilm.com - starwars.com]

Darth Vader Balloon

[via darthvaderballoon.be]