This week, Actuality plugs into the weird world of sonification — making data into sound. Pythagoras tried to do it with cosmic spheres. Today, sonification pioneers are making music from climate change and cheeseburger data.
Plus, can you be allergic to Wi-Fi, and is that a disability?
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On this week’s show, Penn State University professor Mark Ballora explains the science of sonification. We talk to fellow PSU sonifier Matthew Kenney, who recently produced some fascinating economic sonifcations for Foreign Affairs. We also talk about Quartz’s love of charts, embodied by Atlas.
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