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A Melodious Mashup of Nearly Every Chime and Bleep in Tech History

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Close your eyes at any given moment, and you’re likely to hear an audio artifact or two—whether the boo-dah-ling of a text message or the clacking of a keyboard. But as this new sound collage reminds us, hundreds of once-familiar audio cues are now doomed to obscurity, thanks to technology’s forward march.

The video, put out by Good, gives us a chronological tour of the noises that emanated from all sorts of communication devices, running the gamut from typewriters and telegrams. Many of the sounds are now all but extinct. It’s a great reminder of the role of sound in our culture, and it’s also kind of a relaxing beat to bob along to! [Youtube via Digg]

https://gizmodo.com/13-tech-sounds-you-don-t-hear-anymore-5918715

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