In Bushey Park, Teddington lies the National Physical Laboratory, the largest applied physics organisation in the UK. Funded by The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, NPL has provided the primary national measurement standards for physics since 1900 as well as using its three atomic to serve as the National Time Reference for the UK. … Continue reading
At Duke University, North Carolina, engineers have created the world’s first 3D acoustic cloaking device. Using perforated sheets of plastic metamaterials, the device bends sound waves in a way that creates the illusion that the device and anything beneath it are not there at all. In 2006 professor of electrical and computer engineer Steven Cummer … Continue reading
Bartholomäus Traubeck is a German artist whose piece ‘Years’ uses tree-ring data to create music, using a turntable to play a slice of wood as if it were a record. The patterns and textures drawn as rings in the cross sections of trees visually represent sometimes hundreds of years of growth in a single disc-shaped … Continue reading
Connection to the natural world is something that has been long lost for most people today, with a general desensitisation towards the functions of the planet and the behaviour of the life it contains becoming ever more frequent. The work of artists like Mileece Petre becomes even more pivotal and exciting considering this, as she … Continue reading
Evan Holm is an American sculptor who uses the sounds and imagery of musical equipment and instruments in his work. Using the visual aesthetics of the turntable, Holm has created some truly beautiful pieces over the years including the Submerged Turntables one of Holm’s most famous pieces. The vision came to him while at a … Continue reading
Challenging the methods in which we listen to music, Kaffe Matthew’s Sonic Bed is designed to be a social space in which you can enjoy sounds through your entire body rather than solely through your ears. While in Maastricht, Netherlands I was lucky enough to be able to visit Marres House of Contemporary Culture and experience … Continue reading
The people over at Data Garden are doing some pretty interesting stuff right now, harnessing the data stored in plants to create music through their newest creation, the MIDI Sprout. Joe Patitucci is the co-founder of Data Garden, a company that is equal parts journal, record label and events organiser. Patitucci is among a group … Continue reading
In September 1995 Psygnosis presented the gaming world with Wipeout, a futuristic racing game full of destructive power ups, sharp bends and extremely detailed scenery. If you haven’t played it, imagine Mario Kart meets Star Wars. Players race ships competing in the 2052 F3600 anti-gravity racing league, competing across courses set in future renditions of … Continue reading
The Sony Playstation changed the way we played video games forever, its legacy still very much an integral part of the global gaming industry. 18 years after the release of Sony’s debut gaming console, the Playstation 4 hit the shelves in late 2013 and became the fastest selling console in UK history, shifting over 250,000 … Continue reading
A simple altering or switching of audio can have hilarious results, if you haven’t seen it yet ‘Meshuggah Face of Wall Street’ is a 15 second Youtube clip combining scenes from The Wolf of Wall Street with the track ‘Rational Gaze’ by Swedish metal giants Meshuggah. The clip shows Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) riling up … Continue reading
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