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An Android app that creates a soundscape from the local electronic environment: For each wifi, Bluetooth, or GPS signal detected, a different animal sound is played. The frequency and signal strength of the radio signal affect the pitch and volume of the animal sound.

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soniferous

An Android app that detects wifi routers, GPS satellites, and Bluetooth devices, and plays animal sounds based on their radio signals:

  • Wifi routers are represented by cricket chirps, and their volume and pitch is based on the signal strength and frequency of the wifi signal.
  • Bluetooth devices are represented by insect buzzing, and the volume is based on the signal strength.
  • GPS satellites are represented by bird calls.

We live in an ocean of radiowaves. Our limited human senses make us oblivious to the chattering wifi routers and GPS satellites and cell phone towers all around us. And as we move about in our daily lives, just as the landscape changes, so does the presence and tenor and shape of this silent cacophony of radiowaves. Soniferous is an attempt to make us aware of these changes and the devices responsible for them.

Installation

If you'd like to avoid building the APK from source, Soniferous can be installed directly from the Google Play store at http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=brock.soniferous.

Sound Credits

The following sounds are based on recordings copyrighted by Raimund Specht, Avisoft Bioacoustics. If you use any of these recordings, please make a note on the origin and add a link to www.avisoft.com.

acheta.ogg
amsel.ogg
amsel2.ogg
blackter.ogg
bsp3.ogg
chaffinc.ogg
corncrak2.ogg
fit.ogg
gambelim.ogg
gartenbl.ogg
grs.ogg
heckenb2.ogg
heckenbr.ogg
hnf.ogg
ksp4.ogg
nightin2.ogg
parus2.ogg
waldlaub3.ogg
wechselk.ogg
wendehal.ogg
zaunkoen.ogg
zkn2.ogg
zwergta.ogg

bee2.ogg is based on a recording from SweetSoundEffects.com.

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An Android app that creates a soundscape from the local electronic environment: For each wifi, Bluetooth, or GPS signal detected, a different animal sound is played. The frequency and signal strength of the radio signal affect the pitch and volume of the animal sound.

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