This is an RFID-based system that uses the location of two speakers to trigger music samples. By picking up and moving around the speakers, you make some rudimentary mashups. My only quibble is that it wouldn’t be too hard for this system to have the samples be beat-matched in something like Ableton, and the end result would be a lot cleaner. (That is, assuming there isn’t some failed beatmatching going on.)

What I really like about this project, however, is the way it redirects attention to the speakers, reinforcing the connection between the sound and its technological source. Modern conceptions of reproduced sound frequently treat the speaker as a faithful conduit, rather than a sound producer in its own right. By connecting playback to the manipulation of speakers themselves, I think this project pushes back on the idea that speakers are neutral/transparent/natural reproducers.

(via designboom)