Gallery: A Creepy Floating Orb That Captures and Replays Ambient Noise

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    This hovering black orb looks menacing, but it's really not.
  • The ball is actually a sound recording machine that uses the components you see here to capture the noise in public...
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    The ball is actually a sound recording machine that uses the components you see here to capture the noise in public spaces and then replays them 20 minutes later.
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    This speaker/recorder is actually inside the balloon.
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    The ball floats in the air and follows the natural flow thanks to balloonium (half oxygen, half helium).
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    The ball is essentially a new way to explore sound, though we'd all be lying if we said it didn't look creepy.
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