The sound of the colors
The sound of the colors
- Colors, like sound, have a certain wavelength, which reaches our eyes
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Light, like acoustic vibrations, has a certain wavelength that is perceived by our eyes and ears respectively, this is what is known as the visible light spectrum or audible sound.
Neil Harbisson (Jeffries, 2014) is a musician and visual artist who was born with achromatopsia, he along with the expert in digital technology Adam Montandon created a device called Eyeborg (Montandon, n.d.), which would be a kind of translator from color to sound in the form of pure tone, this interpretation is based on The color sonocromatic scale created by Harbisson, to experience this translation of colors to sound there is also a free application for Android, since the original Eyeborg is a unique hardware that uses Harbisson.
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References:
Jeffries, S. (2014). "Neil Harbisson: the world's first cyborg artist". En The Guardian. Recuperado de https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/may/06/neil-harbisson-worlds-first-cyborg-artist
Montandon, A. (s.f.). "Colourblind Eyeborg Colours to Sound". En Adam Montandon Specialist Consultant for Creative Businesses. Recuperado de http://www.adammontandon.com/neil-harbisson-the-cyborg/
How to cite this article:
Nocetti, F.A. (2014). "The sound of the colors". In NabbuBlog. Retrieved from http://nabbublog.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-sound-of-colors.html
Jeffries, S. (2014). "Neil Harbisson: the world's first cyborg artist". En The Guardian. Recuperado de https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/may/06/neil-harbisson-worlds-first-cyborg-artist
Montandon, A. (s.f.). "Colourblind Eyeborg Colours to Sound". En Adam Montandon Specialist Consultant for Creative Businesses. Recuperado de http://www.adammontandon.com/neil-harbisson-the-cyborg/
How to cite this article:
Nocetti, F.A. (2014). "The sound of the colors". In NabbuBlog. Retrieved from http://nabbublog.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-sound-of-colors.html