My Hands Shake / My Knees Quake

Micah Frank just finished the prototype for Tectonic - a sound sculpture created by real-time synthesis of seismic activity.

From the website:

When an earthquake occurs, seismic data is relayed to the system, sound is produced and Google Earth immediately flies to the coordinates of the latest earthquake giving us a visual representation of the newest developments. As multiple earthquakes occur daily, the sculpture builds, enmeshing itself in a complex soundscape of textures and tones - every second, different from the last and never repeating the same stage twice.

Music! and Science! and Computers! and Natural Disasters! All together!




(via nerdcore)