THE PUBLIC INSTRUMENT PASSAGE
Ten rooms read the world aloud.
Earth, space, air, ocean, life, research, people and money pass through ten peculiar gauges. Every value comes from a named open source; silence is shown as silence.
The Seismic Bell
Earthquakes ring the desk from below.
USGS Earthquake Hazards ProgramORBIT/02The Event Loom
Wildfires, storms and ice are threaded from orbit.
NASA EONETPOLAR/03The Magnetic Room
A needle listens to the solar wind.
NOAA Space Weather Prediction CenterAIR/04The Breathing Atlas
Air is filed by particle and place.
Open-Meteo Air QualityTIDE/05Ocean Clockwork
Wave teeth turn far beyond the harbour.
Open-Meteo MarineNEAR/06The Near-Visitor Registry
Passing rocks sign the book without stopping.
NASA/JPL CNEOSMASS/07The World Weighing House
Population figures queue by the old scale.
World Bank Open DataTONE/08The Currency Choir
Coins tune themselves against the euro.
European Central BankINK/09Footnote Weather
New research falls through a bibliographic sky.
Crossref MetadataLIFE/10The Cabinet of Living Signals
Freshly recorded species tap the glass.
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