"Musical Periodic Table Transforms Chemical Elements into Unique Sounds"

Graduate student W. Walker Smith has created an interactive periodic table that turns the visible spectra of the elements of the periodic table into sound. Smith used an instrument called the Light Soundinator 3000 to translate the different frequencies of light into different pitches or musical notes, scaling down those frequencies to be within the range of human hearing. Smith is collaborating with the Wonder Lab Museum in Bloomington, Indiana, to develop a museum exhibit that would enable visitors to interact with the periodic table, listen to the laments, and make their own musical compositions from the various sounds.