Hearing Wifi?

Frank Swain invested in a pair of Starkey Halo hearing aids for his hearing that has been slowly diminishing over the course of ten years. These hearing aids connects to bluetooth which streams audio from his iPhone.  Swain began thinking, if this device can help people hear things they could not before, it is possible to hear other things such as wifi?  So, Frank Swain and and Daniel Jones, a sound artist, began working on a project Phantom Terrains.  They hacked into his hearing aid and translated the wifi into sounds that they could hear: crackling, clicking, and tones.  The more stronger   the surrounding wifi is, the more frequent the clicks are.  So as you walk close to a wifi router, the clicks and crackling become more dense. If it is to the left of you, you would hear the sounds in your left ear, and the same goes for your right.  If we are able to hear wifi, think of the number of other things we may be able to hear and how that can potentially change our view of the world and open new findings.

 

If you would like to hear what it would sound like if you were to have the hearing aid on click hear: http://www.wired.com/2014/12/guys-hacked-hearing-aids-let-listen-wi-fi-networks/