Hear the haunting music MIT scientists made from sounds of spider webs

Spiders don't see well, so they sense the world through the vibrations that ripple through their intricate webs as they stretch silk strands or a breeze blows. Turns out those vibrations make for some otherworldly music.

We know this thanks to the work of MIT scientists who sonified the 3D structure of spider webs and shared the results online. You can listen to their spider sound track in the video below.

"Sounds like two things: 1. A slowed-down version of the dial-up sound. 2. A Yoko Ono composition," one YouTube commenter said in response to the vid.

研究人员，LEDMarkus Buehler, an MIT engineering professor and a composer of experimental music, presented the results of their work Monday at the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society.

The team scanned a spider web with a laser during the natural structure's construction, assigning different frequencies to web strands to create "notes" they combined in patterns based on the web's 3D shape. Together, those notes generated melodies, which the researchers then played using an original harplike instrument. As far as I know, the compositions haven't yet been sold as an NFT.

Buehler has long been interested in deriving sound from biological materials as another way to understand their underlying science and math. Previously,he set the coronavirus to music.

Better comprehending how spiders build their webs step-by-step could lead to "spider mimicking" 3D printers that build complex microelectronics, Buehler hopes. "The spider's way of 'printing' the web is remarkable because no support material is used, as is often needed in current 3D printing methods," he said in a statement.

但该团队还希望通过合成信号帮助人类以自己的语言与蜘蛛沟通。科学家们记录了当蜘蛛从事Web旋转和与阿拉群岛沟通等活动的蜘蛛，包括通过求爱信号时产生的振动。机器学习算法根据活动成功分类了这些声音。

I just want to know when I can get tickets to see a spider in concert.