Maker Faire Bay Area 2008
Optical Acoustics

Location:   Dark Room   

This is a set of MP3 players that have the LED outputs. The modulated light is received by a photo-diode amplifier and the players send messages that are transmitted to various stars through a spotlight. The receiver is in a small telescope.

Web site: http://lea.mit.edu/gallery/burningman/black.html

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Topic(s): Arts | Engineering | Science

Tags: sound+over+light LED MP3 burningman art

About the Maker(s)

Tim Black [
Tim Black has been working since 1976 as an embedded systems engineer and has created control networks for major cable systems and broadcast newsrooms as well as hardware designs for consumer products. He currently works as a prototype and product design consultant.
http://www.ezgreenup.com/

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