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Engineering student turns hated PC coil whine into music

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An engineering student has demonstrated that the common computer component noise known as coil whine can be used to play music. While typically an unwanted artifact of high-performance parts like GPUs and NVMe SSDs, this electronic noise can be modulated to produce audible tunes. This concept has been explored before, with a stress-testing tool previously incorporating musical coil whine patterns to help users identify the issue. AI

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses a demonstration of an existing phenomenon (coil whine) being used in a novel way (playing music), referencing prior work and a news outlet's coverage, rather than a new product release or research breakthrough.

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Engineering student turns hated PC coil whine into music

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Mark Tyson ·

    Coil whine can be musical, demonstrates engineering student — this usually hated noise can make some people happy

    Video shows that electronic noise pollution can become music.

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Coil whine can be musical, demonstrates engineering student — this usually hated noise can make some people happy Video shows that electronic noise pollution ca

    Coil whine can be musical, demonstrates engineering student — this usually hated noise can make some people happy Video shows that electronic noise pollution can become music. https://www. tomshardware.com/pc-components /coil-whine-can-be-musical-demonstrates-engineering-student-…

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