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-The Symbiotic Synth uses as the only power source the body temperature and drives with that an electric oscillator. The difference of the body to the environment temperature can generates some tiny little bits of electric power - the so called [[https://​en.wikipedia.org/​wiki/​Thermoelectric_effect|Seebeck Effect]]. With some tricks and high tech in form of the Small Energy Harvesting Chip: [[https://​www.analog.com/​media/​en/​technical-documentation/​data-sheets/​LTC3108.pdf|LTC 3108]] one can convert that small amount of energy into some decent voltage and an [[https://​www.electronics-tutorials.ws/​waveforms/​astable.html|astable multivibrator]] circuit can be powered with that. It will oscillate in a audible range depending on the setting of the potentiometer. And because the headphone are actually part of the oscillation circuit one can listen to the sound, too.\\+The Symbiotic Synth uses as the only power source the body temperature and drives with that an electric oscillator. The difference of the body to the environment temperature can generates some tiny little bits of electric power - the so called [[https://​en.wikipedia.org/​wiki/​Thermoelectric_effect|Seebeck Effect]]. With some tricks and high tech in form of the Small Energy Harvesting Chip: [[https://​www.analog.com/​media/​en/​technical-documentation/​data-sheets/​LTC3108.pdf|LTC 3108]] one can convert that small amount of energy into some decent voltage and an [[https://​www.electronics-tutorials.ws/​waveforms/​astable.html|astable multivibrator]] circuit can be powered with that. It will oscillate in a audible range depending on the setting of the potentiometer. And because the headphone are actually part of the oscillation circuit one can listen to the sound without extra amplification, too.\\
 In attaching some sensors, like: light, pressure, skin and temperature depending resistors to the circuit one can have variations of the sound based on the human body and its functions. The generated sound will change depending on breath, heart beat, skin resistance and body temperature.\\ In attaching some sensors, like: light, pressure, skin and temperature depending resistors to the circuit one can have variations of the sound based on the human body and its functions. The generated sound will change depending on breath, heart beat, skin resistance and body temperature.\\
  
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-With all that both is possible: to power and to modulate a synthesizer with the own human body. And because the generated sound will stimulate the body function, too, the Symbiotic Synth can be called an self-sufficient audio biofeedback device.\\+With all that both is possible: to power and to modulate a synthesizer with the own human body. And because the generated sound will - like sound always do - stimulate the body function, too, the Symbiotic Synth can be called an self-sufficient audio biofeedback device.\\
  
 The Symbiotic Synth is part and parcel of the installation [[https://​wolfgang-spahn.de/​doku.php/​installation:​thermal-acoustic-seance|Thermal-Acoustic-Seance]] by Wolfgang Spahn and was shown at the [[https://​karachibiennale.org.pk/​kb19-artistsandvenues/​|Alliance Francaise Karachi at the Karachi Biennale 2019]], Pakistan, with support of the [[https://​www.goethe.de/​ins/​pk/​en/​index.html|Goethe Institute Pakistan]]\\ The Symbiotic Synth is part and parcel of the installation [[https://​wolfgang-spahn.de/​doku.php/​installation:​thermal-acoustic-seance|Thermal-Acoustic-Seance]] by Wolfgang Spahn and was shown at the [[https://​karachibiennale.org.pk/​kb19-artistsandvenues/​|Alliance Francaise Karachi at the Karachi Biennale 2019]], Pakistan, with support of the [[https://​www.goethe.de/​ins/​pk/​en/​index.html|Goethe Institute Pakistan]]\\
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 ==== Acknowledgment ==== ==== Acknowledgment ====
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 +Thanks to Dave Jones of the [[https://​www.eevblog.com/​|EEVblog]] for his great video about Small Energy Harvesting [[https://​www.youtube.com/​watch?​v=9aSPopIcKLQ]].\\
 +A great help was the [[https://​www.we-online.com/​web/​de/​electronic_components/​news_pbs/​news_archiv_2012_pbs/​News_Detail_Standard_Parts_2012_23746.php|Energy Harvesting Kit]] by [[https://​www.wedirekt.com/​en/​|Würth Electronics]].\\
  
 Thanks to Mindaugas Gapševičius for the support.\\ Thanks to Mindaugas Gapševičius for the support.\\
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 ==== License ==== ==== License ====
  
-This board is designed by **Wolfgang Spahn**.\\ +This Symbiotic Synth was designed by **Wolfgang Spahn** ​2019.\\ 
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