Thursday, September 16, 2010

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This post has little to do with skepticism, but I can give you an idea of \u200b\u200bhow even scientists love to gamble, even if it's a little hobby '"special".

I'm talking about the project called " Musicians or" Touch Tone Utility for Sound and Insane Crazy Inspired Abuse of Spectrometers. "
This project is the brainchild of some experts nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and music lovers. The nuclear magnetic resonance

strumentanzione requires a very complex and also the theory on which it is not easy, so there tedierò with long explanations. In short, an NMR spectrometer is able to investigate in detail the "state" of each atom in the sample to be analyzed. Fails for example to determine the type of atom, which has around atoms. This information can have the "listening" to what the atom in question tells us. In normal practice, the output signal is processed with some algorithms and then read by an operator. But if we look at the raw track coming out of an NMR spectrometer we realize now its resemblance to a normal audio track, so why not listen to (this time without quotes)?

Our scientists and musicians have therefore decided to use a tool that costs a few hundred thousand euro to listen to the music of the atoms. "
It all seems very complicated, but in fact the preparation of the equipment does not require more than a few hours and this is the result (the funds raised):

Sound acetaldehyde

Sound dell'esametilbenzene


this is the "voice" of the atoms transformed to be heard by our ears. But do not stop there, using some tricks è possibile far "cantare" i nostri atomi, mettendoli nelle condizioni di emettere le note che noi vogliamo:

Happy Birthday

Dr. Zivago

Questo strumento è stato definito come "il sintentizzatore più costoso al mondo" (Andy Streitwieser) ed è difficile non essere d'accordo. L'uso di uno spettrometro NMR per produrre suoni sicuramente non ha alcun senso scientifico ed è certaente una perdita di tempo, ma sicuramente una perdita di tempo piuttosto affascinante.

Per ulteriori informazioni consultate il sito di riferimento da cui ho tratto le musiche:

http://www.chemie.uni-erlangen.de/oc/research/NMR/music.html

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