Shower+Wall

What happens inside:


 * 1) Walk into shower
 * 2) Hear shower noises: Birds tweating, shower running, toilet flushing, clock ticking
 * 3) Mix in singing. Try singing. Or we have accapella music or just music in general to mix in
 * 4) Explain reverb and the difference in how one's voice sounds: maybe have a look at the sound wave difference
 * 5) Record music and upload to database

= Research: = Many people sing in the bathroom because it acts as an echo chamber especially with tiles installed. The multiple reflections from walls enriches the sound of one's voice. Small dimensions and hard surfaces of a typical bathroom produce various kinds ofstanding waves, reverberation and echos, giving the voice "fullness and depth". []
 * __Why do people sing in the shower?__**

__1) Volume boost.__ All the hard flat surfaces absorb little sound so your voices bounces and this makes you voice sound more powerful.
 * __Standing Waves-__** the periodic disturbance in a medium resulting from the combination of two waves of equal frequency and intensity travelling in opposite directions. There are generally two kinds of displacement, and the maximum value of the amplitude of one of these occurs at the same points as the minimum value of the amplitude of the other. Thus in the case of electromagnetic radiation the amplitude of the oscillations of the electric field has its greatest value at the points at which the magnetic oscillation is zero, and vice versa
 * __Why do you sound better in the shower?__**

__2) Reverberations.__ With these sounds waves bouncing all around your shower, some will reach your ears before others. This stretches out the sound and makes it sound fuller and richer. This blurring of the sound due to the multiple reflections of the sound also causes you to seem to hit notes that you really only got close to. A similar effect is built into Karaoke machines.
 * 1) a reechoed sound.
 * 2) the fact of being reverberated or reflected.
 * 3) something that is reverberated: //Reverberations from the explosion were felt within a six-mile radius. //
 * 4) an act or instance of reverberating.
 * 5)  // Physics // . the persistence of a sound after its source has stopped, caused by multiple reflection of the sound within a closed space.
 * 6) the act or process of subjecting something to reflected heat, as in a reverberatory furnace.

__3) Bass Boost.__ Your shower, especially box-like stalls, act as a resonance booth. The average resonance of a shower stall is 100Hz, which is in the lower tones. This means that your certain bass notes will resonate and create a richer sound. __4) Echoes:__ A repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall. The varied angles at which we hear our voices after they've bounced off the shower walls makes the "pleasant" tones more noticeable and in a way decreases the noticibility of the unpleasant tones.

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"When we sing instead of speak, we have intonation, melody line, and crescendo, which gives us a broader vocabulary to express ourselves," says Suzanne Hanser, chair of the music therapy department at Berklee College of Music "Because singing is visceral it can't help but effect change" Research has shown that singing can greatly reduce stress and pain, seniors have 30 fewer doctor visits, fewer eyesight problems, less incidence of depression, less need for medication and fewer falls and other injuries. It also reduced the progression of Alzheimers and also boosts the immune system and overall well being through things like improved lung capacity, high energy, relieved asthmaBetter posture, enhanced feelings of relaxation, mood and confidence.
 * __Singing makes you healthier. __**

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If we can show that people actually sound better in the shower they are more likely to sing in the shower and this could improve their health.

The purpose of this wall is to show people the science of how singing in the shower makes them sound better but also to possibly increase the number of shower singers.

= Exhibit: = This like the car wall is initially supposed to give people a comfortable feel. Many people can relate to singing in the shower if they can't relate to singing in a car because maybe they take the public transit or they just sing in the car. However, showering is a very private thing and so usually people don't fear retribution when they try singing. So first, they will be introduced to the concept of singing in the shower and they can try to record their own voice or hear another voice singing. Like the car wall, the ultimate goal is the same: that music and noise are both sound but the difference is organization and so when you organize them together, it can make something pleasant. It works basically like the car wall.
 * __Point:__**

Visitors will enter a shower cubicle. Inside will be a touch screen. First they will be prompted to sing or hear singing in the shower. We'll give them a little bit about the science behind why we sound better in the shower. Then we'll start to mix in noises that they usually hear like birds and the clock ticking and shower noises in general. This will follow the template of the car wall. Also, the walls of the shower will be double walled so that it can look like there's water all around flowing downward to make it feel like a real shower.
 * __Mechanisms/Stuff in the Exhibit:__**

__**What Happens:**__ 1. They step into the shower and they touch the screen. Friends can watch from one view window. 2. A short video clip will explain why you sound better in the shower 3. They touch the touch screen and the shower faucet will emit noises. They will cease for a little so that you can either record your own voice or pick a preset voice. It's all accapella. 4. From there they can begin to mash in the noises 5. They can submit their work at the end.