Bunny the dog who can “talk”
Bunny is Alexis Divine’s dog who can communicate with human by using buttons. Researchers at Comparative Cognition Lab at UC San Diego are now trying to find out if non-humans can use langugage to communicate after saw Bunny’s videos.
They began a project to study aniamls who are learning to use the buttons with over 700 participants. They then will use those data to understand different aspects of animal cognition and communication. For example, they tried to find out if animals have the senses of temporal and spatail displacement, and the ability to make observations as well of form narratives.
In Bunny’s videos, there are buttons related to time. There is still not enough researches to show how dogs conceptualise time. It is still unclear if Bunny really understand the buttons’ meanings or it’s just confirmation bias when she pressed random buttons.
Pink oyster mushroom playomg module synthesizer
“Through the magic or rather science of bio data sonification, this flush of oyster mushrooms get a shot at playing a eurorack modular synthesizer before they become my dinner. Electrical resistance is measure by passing a small current through the mushrooms similar to a lie detector test. The changes in resistance are then converted into control signals which determine the rhythm, pitch, timbre and effects parameters of the modular synthesizer.”
The lyrics of this song must be like:
ĥ̷͓̝̭͎̣͓͑͑̆ͅj̴̨͔̥̺̞͚͚̣̟̫̪̫̫̏̔͋̇̊͜k̸̨̲̫͕̺̮̋̈́̍̅͠s̴̡̼̲̯͙̝̟͈̤̞͔̰͕̺̣͇̱̍͂̆͜͝d̷̝̟͙̱͚̼͈̹̳͚̹̬̘̖̩̱̑̏̈́͌̍͂̾̈́̊͗̄̈́̽̽̚̚͘͜͝ͅf̵̲̟͔̝͛͜ẖ̷̢͎̦̈́̽̆͋̓͒́̈́̒͊ư̸̡̧̭̪͇̝̲̲̩͈͕̭̲͓͊̆͒̃͗̐͗̋̇͗̂̑͝ȁ̵̹͙̩̘̘͔̼̻̱̊̽͠į̴̫̠̻͚͚͎͙͇̜̀͌̐̿̔͌̍͛͌̑̎̀̓̇͘͠͠͝s̵̢̨̟̘̮̯͚̼̹̰̭̥̳͑͌̊̈́̂̐͑͛̄̌̍̚̕͠͠͝ḧ̴͈̺̝͓̘̺̻̯̭̜̘̩͇̰̰̃̂̎̎̐͐ͅd̷̯̏̈́̒̀͑͋̐̈́̕͠͠f̴͍̼̪̳̭̻̣̠̺͓̬̰̠̖̄̽́͝ų̸̪̭̟̬͚̤̞̱̮̤̪͋͑́͆̉̈̾̃̈́̎̄̉̌̚͘͠͠s̴͉͙̼̦̱̤̲̲͔̀ͅh̶̜̦͍͎̰̙͈͖̳̗͋̂͒̂͊̓̃̇͑̌̆͊͘͠͝ͅͅͅd̴̢̛͇͔͉̰̟̺͙͚̟͓̦̜̫̈́̓̋͋͊̑̃̎̇͒̓̄̓͝ͅf̷̪͎͍̞̞̖̗͔͙̉̃̈̇̉̅̓̓́͑́́̎͠ã̷̢̧͙̲̝̜͉̪̫̖̫̃̍̈́̓̎͂̓̐̈̇̑̅̄̋͒͜͝ͅͅh̶̤̥̖͚̤̦͓͌͆͗̓̄̽̆́͆͛̈̚͜͜͠f̴̡̠̪̞͐̿̀̌͆ǫ̴̨͔̖̙͈̠̰͔̱̪̥̰͙͙̩̼̐́̇̒̋̕ă̸̡̧̳͕͖̗̠͕̯͊͒̈́͌̂͒̀̏͘̚͝s̴̙͕͔̯͓͓̝̺̣̃̃̕j̸̠̰̈́͂̄͋̕͝ḑ̷̡̪̱̱̹͇̭̯̳̩͌ͅi̷̠̰̖̱̞̟̭̔́͊̂̊̀g̷̢̱̜̻̝͚͍̥͚̃̑̕͘͠o̶̟̩̻͚̜̫̠̓̎͑̍̒͑̀̾̕s̸̥̙̝̞̈́̇̔̽̍̏̀̿͘͝͝d̴̡̨͖̺̦̠͚̯̮̬̖̜̆̽̒̎̄͆̽̃̈̐̕̕ͅf̴̹͓̻̒̀̎́ḫ̸̳̯̝̠̿̈͂̾̐͂̇́̾̍̈́͋̽̀́̓̌̚ạ̶̧̢̡̧̨͉̫͉͍̟̺͔̖̥̘̫̪͑̔̅̐̔́s̵̨̛͇̼͈̗̹̥̅̎̃͜ǰ̴̩̖̩̖̥̯̗̓͗͊̓̌͒͋͐͌̀͐̿͜ģ̵̨̹̬̟͚͚̪͈͕͕̯̗͇̦̇̽̍̈́̉̿̽̿͘͜͝ͅͅk̷̨̭̼͕͈͍̮̝͕̮͓͚̥͍̪͚̞̎̒̄͜͝f̵̲̬̗̓͒͛͆̈́̓͆̅̊͊͗͐ķ̵̡̧̛̺͍̯̲̺̰̝̠̖̳͎̦̩̟̇̄̾̓̈̐̃̒͊̅̉̀̈͝ļ̴̼̩̥̲̘̠̣͚͓̞͙͚̭͔̖̂́͜͜a̷̢̙͎̪͙͎̬̱̙͈͎̻͒̄̀̈́l̴̺͚͚̪̏̈́̿̄̂͑̍̈́̃͜ļ̶̛͎͖͍̫͍̻͎̤͓͇͒̍̆́̊̃̀̓̿̇̏̚͜͜;̵̢̧̫̮̺̹͎̩̟̰̙̖̤́͂́̊̀̉̂