{"id":387067,"date":"2010-03-03T18:02:10","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T23:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/wireless-catcher-wifi-signals-music-yoshi-akai\/14391\/"},"modified":"2010-03-03T18:02:10","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T23:02:10","slug":"wireless-catcher-converts-wifi-signals-into-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/387067","title":{"rendered":"Wireless Catcher converts WiFi signals into music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/wireless-catcher-analog-synth.jpg\" alt=\"Wireless Catcher converts WiFi signals into music\"><\/p>\n<p>Ok well maybe it isn&#8217;t quite music, but it certainly sounds interesting. Created by Yoshi Akai, the Wireless Catcher is a sort of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Analog_synthesizer\" >analog synthesizer<\/a> that detects nearby WiFi signals and outputs a sound that varies according to the strength and direction of that signal. It&#8217;s almost reminiscent of a theremin in how it created tones without any visible vibration or physical contact. ..<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/japan\/\" rel=\"tag\">Japan<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/music\/\" rel=\"tag\">Music<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/steampunk\/\" rel=\"tag\">Steampunk<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/wifi\/\" rel=\"tag\">Wifi<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/eyecatcher-35-video-phone-has-environmental-focus\/8673\/\">EyeCatcher 3.5 video phone has environmental focus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/rca-airnergy-charges-gadgets-ambient-wifi-signals\/13856\/\">RCA Airnergy claims to charge gadgets using ambient WiFi signals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/akai-usb-turntable\/11741\/\">Look no PC: Akai USB turntable digitizes vinyl direct to hard drive<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/robot-claw-vending-machine\/14289\/\">Claw vending machine receives biped robot upgrade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/7524\/\">Sony&#8217;s wireless streaming boombox: the wi-fi hi-fi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/4972\/\">CES 2006: Wireless Stereo Headsets for Mobile Phones &#8212; One Headset for Listening to Music and Answering Calls<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/3FWyDmYCusS0RRKlYTYjI_3gdxA\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/3FWyDmYCusS0RRKlYTYjI_3gdxA\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/3FWyDmYCusS0RRKlYTYjI_3gdxA\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/3FWyDmYCusS0RRKlYTYjI_3gdxA\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=hoXlYwpirC4:jgRqSeKRIQE:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=hoXlYwpirC4:jgRqSeKRIQE:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=hoXlYwpirC4:jgRqSeKRIQE:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=hoXlYwpirC4:jgRqSeKRIQE:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=hoXlYwpirC4:jgRqSeKRIQE:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=hoXlYwpirC4:jgRqSeKRIQE:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=hoXlYwpirC4:jgRqSeKRIQE:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine\/~4\/hoXlYwpirC4\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok well maybe it isn&#8217;t quite music, but it certainly sounds interesting. Created by Yoshi Akai, the Wireless Catcher is a sort of analog synthesizer that detects nearby WiFi signals and outputs a sound that varies according to the strength and direction of that signal. It&#8217;s almost reminiscent of a theremin in how it created [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":639,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-387067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/639"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}