Distributed physical models of musical instruments have
been used to acoustically “ping” Internet connections between
two network hosts. Sound waves propagated through
Internet acoustics behave just as in air, water or along a
stretched string. In this case, a musical synthesis technique
creates waves on the Internet path between two hosts.
Chris Chafe is a composer, cellist, music reseacher and director of Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. more...