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Sonification

Actuality by American Public Media

Sep 4, 201500:18:05News & Politics

This week, Actuality plugs into the weird world of sonification — making data into sound. Pythagoras tried to do it with cosmic spheres. Today, sonification pioneers are making music from climate change and cheeseburger...

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Sonification is an episode from Actuality by American Public Media. This week, Actuality plugs into the weird world of sonification — making data into sound. Pythagoras tried to do it with cosmic spheres. Today, sonification pioneers are ma...

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