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Before we’re out again in the montain woods of Wallis for new measurements and recordings, there are new sensors to be tested at the experimental garden at WSL.

The treelab at the ICST is now fully operational and we’re conducting experiments with native and tropical plants. The ZHdK facility dept. helped us to find a quiet lab space at Mediacampus; thank you very much!

A surround-sound installation from the research project trees of the Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology of the Zurich University of the Arts and the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL. Artistic realization: Marcus Maeder … Continue reading →

We conducted various tests under laboratory conditions to identify the mechanical causes of sounds in trees (wind, minor air movements, friction of needles against each other etc.) in order to be able to distinguish these from actual biological signals in … Continue reading →