Noise Clock

The hands and ticks of this clock are controlled by microphone input. The clock provides visual feedback based on audio data while telling the proper time. You can display this clock on a large screen in your home, music venue, or public space to visualize ambience.

Live Clock from Josh Berry on Vimeo.

Music by Shelly Manne

Try out a live demo! http://joshberry.com/wp-content/live-clock/
You’ll need to grant access to your computer’s microphone, and you can adjust your microphone’s input level to adjust sensitivity:

Let’s say these were networked and installed at airports around the world. We could show how busy a particular airport is at any moment in time. Here are a few concept photos of the clocks installed at airports:

This clock is part of a series of clocks I call sound / time. The old home for that is http://publk.com/soundovertime. All clocks were done in Processing.