Eigenradio samples multiple radio stations, extracts key frequencies, overlays the samples, then plays them back. Cool. Includes a downloadable holiday album as well as live streams.
(The name of the radio station comes from the mathematical concepts of eigenvectors and eigenvalues. The definition of an eigenvalue is based on the concept of an eigenvector, which is a vector that is changed in length but not direction during matrix transformations. The eigenvalue, then, is the amount that the vector is changed. In other words (letters), Ax = cx for a square matrix A, non-zero scalar x, and eigenvalue c.I knew that undergraduate minor in math would eventually come in handy. (Of course, I still needed to get some help from google. And even then, I'm not guaranteeing my definition.) But you don't need to understand any of this to enjoy the music.)
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Posted by johndan at December 19, 2004 02:14 PM | TrackBack