This neat application from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency lets you listen to the moon as if it were a record! Technically, it converts topological data that they have collected with the Kaguya explorer into music. Who knows, maybe an advanced civilization has encoded a message on there that you might discover.
I couldn't get it to work in Firefox, however it loaded fine in Opera.
[via Pink Tentacle]
Posted by: Daviplane on September 2, 2009 at 6:22 PM
The default Java Sound Synth didn't work on my Firefox neither, the app remained muted until I choose another embedded MIDI Mapper in the Environment tab. HTH.
By the way, Moonbell is a charming yet strange experience... great indeed.
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The default Java Sound Synth didn't work on my Firefox neither, the app remained muted until I choose another embedded MIDI Mapper in the Environment tab. HTH.
By the way, Moonbell is a charming yet strange experience... great indeed.
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It works, mostly, on Safari. Just don't flip to another tab, or the sound will cut out.
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This is obviously spam and needs to be deleted.
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Thanks, nuked!
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