Listening to the Stars

Listening to the Stars

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  • Hashtag= #listentostars

    Background:

    Most of us can’t see or ‘touch’ space - but we often can hear it, and the speed of sound means we are often hearing events that happened long ago and far away. You can witness the orbits of Sputnik, the landing on the moon or even the Big Bang... where space is “leaking in” to the pipes and taps of our more ordinary world.

    Challenge Description:

    1. Listen to some of the space sound clips provided in the Resources section, then try to create those sounds by using real world objects.
    2. Or using electronics, create real world objects that playback some of the sounds available in the Resources section.

    Functional Specifications:

    1. For the first challenge, be creative in using household objects to recreate the sounds of space. This could be anything from crumbling pieces of paper to replicate the sounds of a spaceship taking off, or even using musical instruments and radios to replicate the sounds of stars. This is primarily a challenge at kids.
    2. For the second challenge, hardware hackers, makers or developers should build objects and devices that playback space sounds from the resources below. Or, using the SETI data, create a sound visualization that follows the data (something like the CSV soundsystem project: http://csvsoundsystem.github.com/fms-treasury-statements-site/)


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  • The following projects are solving this challenge:

    • StarBeats

      StarBeats App was developed by a group of 8th graders from St.Augustine Preparatory School from Nicaragua during the 2013 Hackathon held at UAM. This app is the result of the NASA's "Listening to the stars" challenge found at http://spaceappschalenge.org/challenge/listening-to-the-stars/ Star... Visit Project

    • Listening to the stars

      The “listening to the stars” team, has a goal to reproduce sounds from the outer space that will be presented as a sound story. In order to create these sounds, everyday objects will be used and they will be recorded in a studio by professional equipment . Visit Project

    • LISTENING TO THE STARS!!

      The “listening to the stars” team, has a goal to reproduce sounds from the outer space that will be presented as a sound story. In order to create these sounds, everyday objects will be used and they will be recorded in a studio by professional equipment . Visit Project

    • LISTENING TO THE STARS

      The “listening to the stars” team, has a goal to reproduce sounds from the outer space that will be presented as a sound story. In order to create these sounds, everyday objects will be used and they will be recorded in a studio by professional equipment . Visit Project

    • Create a sound

      To create a sound for the space apps challenge. Visit Project

    • listeningtothestars

      Listening to the stars is a program is that should be able to allow the user to see some space images and listen to their sound. Visit Project

    • SCH Academy 1S Red Giant Concert

      First graders listened to Red Giant Concert, chose instruments, planned their entrances, and created their own Red Giant Concert. Visit Project

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