"Unlike existing tools for measuring density, the mbira sensor can be made and used by virtually anyone in the world. To demonstrate the mbira sensor's capabilities, we used it to successfully distinguish diethylene glycol and glycerol, two similar chemicals that are sometimes mistaken for each other in pharmaceutical manufacturing."
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Musical Instruments As Sensors
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Musical Instruments As Sensors - PubMed

The frequencies of notes made by a musical instrument are determined by the physical properties of the instrument. Consequently, by measuring the frequency of a note, one can infer information about the instrument's physical properties. In this work, we show that by modifying a musical instrument to โ€ฆ

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"The earth cannot move without music. The earth moves in a certain rhythm, a certain sound, a certain note. When the music stops the earth will stop and everything upon it will die."

- Sun Ra, Space is the Place
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Clip from the movie Sun Ra- Space In The Place (1974)

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