A group of researchers have scanned a natural spider web with a laser to capture 2D cross sections and then used computer algorithms to reconstruct the 3D spider web network.
The project's principal investigator at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) presented the work at the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
Translation to music
The team assigned different sound frequencies to the strands, creating "notes" that combined into patterns based on the 3D structure of the spider web to generate melodies.
Next, the researchers They created an instrument similar to a harp and played the spider web music at various live performances around the world.
The result can be heard here:
The team also made a virtual reality setup that allowed people to visually and audibly “enter” the spider web.
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The structure of a spider web has been translated into music and this is what it sounds like
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