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From: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir)
Subject: Informative Audio was Re: Audio feedback from GUI's
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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1991 23:50:44 GMT

I recall one scientist who used sound to monitor the output from a device which
reads the genetic codes of a tissue sample.  He was trying to look for certain
genetic defects, by screening a large number of samples.  Each sample results
in a list of hundreds or thousands of numbers as genetic parameters.  By
selecting a different pitch for each number, he was able to screen samples MUCH
faster, since the defective samples simply didn't SOUND RIGHT!

Presumably, one could use this techinique to analyze the brainwaves of an
animal or the processes in a computer!  This would NOT be fun for routine use,
except at VERY low volumes.  But if, lets say, you needed to test hundreds of
machines....

I probably didn't tell the above story correctly, but the idea is there.

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