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Technology Reads Tree Rings Like Grooves In A Record

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by Michael del Castillo
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Jan 27 2012 9:04am EDT

Unleashed Song from the Rings of a Tree

Record player plays a tree
Another of Bartholomaus Traubec's works is called "Schrödinger’s Tag Cloud."
Image: Vimeo

Artist Bartholomäus Traubeck taught this Playstation Eye camera how to read the rings of a tree with computer software called Ableton Live and to use them to play the piano.

We're no Guardians of Taste, but is it just us or is the song actually quite pleasant?

Well done, tree. Bravo.

"YEARS" from Bartholomäus Traubeck on Vimeo.

Michael del Castillo is a freelance reporter for Portfolio.com.

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