DRAKE EQUATION

Are we a cosmic fluke? Or is the universe full of life? To answer this, we use the Drake equation: a way to estimate how many intelligent, technologically advanced species there might be in our galaxy. The key point of the Drake equation is to make us think about what does it take to make life appear, and how fragile we are.

By Scientific Visualization Group Barcelona Supercomputing Center - 2018

About the sonification

1. Number of stars = Number of basic tracks
2. Number of planets = Sound thickness
3. Habitable planets = Sound warmth
4. Simple life develops = Biological tracks
5. Complex life = Evolved tracks
6. Intelligent life = Volume of technologic sounds
7. Duration of civilization: Width of low-pass filter
8. # times civilizations arise = Reverb level of technological tracks