Water and sound.

For the past few days,i did some research about water and sound,sound therapy,water therapy with sound and so on.And i did found some videos that make connection between water and sound.

This project has been created by Boris Van Luger.For this project,he listens to all the parts of each sequence prior to translate them to the instruments.What makes me interested with his project is because he's translating natural sound to the instruments.For my project,i want to use natural sound also.

You can view all the videos created by him HERE.

This person creates a project by using light sensors to detect the change in light and produce sound from the water ripples.

"When water makes a ripple it acts as a magnifying glass and makes some areas brighter than others. Phototransistors which are light sensors detect this change in light. An arduino or microcontroller receives the inputs from the sensors and sends them as midi events to a computer. A midi sequencer or a program that reads midi notes like from a midi keyboard then plays these notes accordingly."

This is the link that this person give to create a similar project by our own.CLICK HERE.

Sincerely,
ALIA

Children water therapy program

When i was "Googling" some information about water therapy on Google,i've came across this article by FLORIDATODAY.COM.

Teen raises money for children's water therapy program at Ocean Breeze Elementary

Kaitlyn Hoskovec's goal for her senior project at West Shore Jr./Sr. High was to raise $500 for water therapy in the special needs programs at Ocean Breeze Elementary.

Kaitlyn decided to hold a swim-a-thon at the Indian Harbour Beach pool, where she has been a lifeguard and swim instructor for the past two years and where she started swimming competitively at age 5.

Her swim-a-thon raised $1,500, triple her goal. She presented a check on Oct. 15 to school Principal Laurie Hering.

The school plans to use the money to buy a Hoyer Lift, which will assist staff in transferring disabled children from a wheelchair into the pool where the student will receive specialized water therapy.

"I just wanted to give back to the community by benefiting those special needs children with something that I have enjoyed all my life," referring to swimming, Kaitlyn said.

Her proud dad, Bill Haskovec, said that Kaitlyn, who has a 4.0 grade point average, "researched the programs in which water therapy has assisted children with special needs into developing their muscles, coordination and social skills. Children with autism, spinal injuries and cerebral palsy have beneficial results from non-stressful low-impact water exercise. "

Kaitlyn attended Gemini Elementary in Melbourne Beach and lived beachside with her family until a year ago when they moved to Melbourne.

Read the original article HERE.

I asked myself,"do our country,Malaysia,have this kind of program???"

Sincerely,
ALIA

Hot water therapy

Me,myself have experienced hot water therapy few years back when me and my family lived in Besut,Terengganu.The famous La Hot Spring which situated 140km north of Kuala Terengganu.During the time we lived in Besut,this place is just about 1 hour drive from our house.It is a famous place among the people who live in Terengganu.This place is stated in Tourism Terengganu website.

There's actually 2 types of water,one is the hot water and the other one is the normal natural water from the stream.Mostly,the older people love to take a dip in hot water to feel the warm of the water and experience it by themselves.I did try that and it was quite amazing seeing my legs in that hot water,but once you move your legs,you might want to pull out your legs from the water because you can feel the hotness of the water.But at the same time,it was so relaxing.I would love to go there again someday.

Water from the stream

The hot water comes from here

*images from Google*

You can read the article from Tourism Terengganu HERE.

Sincerely,
ALIA

Melting (YouTube) (2009-2010)

Melting (YouTube) (2009-2010) by Emily Keegin See the original post here..CLICK HERE..

She recorded the sound of melting glaciers from start until the glaciers totally melt.Then the recorded glaciers turn into three digital films (polaroids photo).Her project is quite the same with my FYP project,which is using sound as the medium to be experimental.The different is just type of water sources that we're using for our project.

CLICK HERE for some pictures showing the melting glaciers in Iceland.

I also found some similar video that are quite similar with my project.But these videos are called Iceberg meditation.The objectives for these meditations are:-

- Dissolving fears and limitation from our past.
- Giving back the self-confidence.
- Taught us to be more relax in panic situation.

Sincerely,

ALIA