The Toll

Addresses: The demographic decline of Venice. Venice's population is declining because there are more deaths than births, as the average age is 50 and the youth population is waning.

Solution: Play a designated sound to represent a birth, and another to represent a death. Any mp3 clip or recorded sound can be used for the toll sounds, such as bells, baby sounds, etc. We can use directional speakers to aim the sound toward a specific location to create an "on and off" effect as people walk past the location, and this would also avoid disturbing others with a constant barrage of sound.

Data for the birth and death count will be sent to the speakers from an outside source and will control the output of our speakers. Either Sunspots or Arduino could be used to program and wirelessly control the device based on incoming data.