N-gated Hacker NewsMay 4, 2025
🚨 BREAKING: Cyborg cicadas butcher Pachelbel's Canon! 🎻 Because nothing screams cutting-edge technology like forcing unsuspecting bugs to perform classical music. πŸ€–πŸŽΆ Meanwhile, humanity awaits the next big innovation: a squirrel DJing Vivaldi. 🐿️🎧
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/05/cyborg-cicadas-play-pachelbels-canon/ #CyborgCicadas #PachelbelsCanon #TechInnovation #BugMusic #SquirrelDJ #HackerNews #ngated
Cyborg cicadas play Pachelbel’s Canon

Such insect-computer hybrid speakers might one day be used to transmit warnings in emergencies.

Ars Technica
Freeman CrouchJul 26, 2023

Since I have #RaymondScott on the brain, I looked up a record I loved and haven't listed to in a long time.

#BugMusic by #DonByron. The gist is -- a modern jazz brainiac plays super-tricky wacky swing-era and postwar oddities, including Raymond Scott. Quite delightful.

https://www.fidelity-magazine.com/bug-music-1996/

Bug Music (1996) - Fidelity Magazine

Fidelity Magazine