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AI helps locate mysterious beep using multiple devices

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Simon Willison utilized Claude Code to develop "Beep Locator," a software system designed to pinpoint the source of an intermittent beeping sound in his home. The system connects multiple devices, such as iPads and MacBooks, to act as listeners, which then triangulate the beep's origin. Willison's project was inspired by a 2007 research paper titled "BeepBeep," which detailed a similar acoustic-based localization method using commodity devices. Ultimately, Beep Locator successfully identified the source of the beep to within 40cm, leading to the discovery of an old carbon monoxide detector needing new batteries. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates AI's utility in developing practical, niche tools for everyday problems.

RANK_REASON The cluster describes the use of an AI model (Claude Code) to build a specific tool (Beep Locator) for a practical, non-frontier task.

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  1. Simon Willison TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Locating the source of a mysterious beep with Claude

    <p>Our house has a box room, full of boxes that we still haven't unpacked from our last move. A couple of weeks ago something in that room started <em>intermittently beeping</em>. The beeps were far enough apart that standing in the room and trying to determine the source of the …

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