Week 5 - Lossy Compression & Binary

Through computers, there is a digital medium through which music moves. WAV file sizes can be determined, whereas MP3 files cannot, and so that determines the future of sound. The average human can hear between 20Hz and 20kHz, so lossy compression is the act of disregarding all other sounds imperceivable to the human ear. But before one can even think about finding the file size of a WAV file, there first needs to be an understanding of bits and bytes. What is a bit? What is a byte? Essentially, there are 8 bits in a byte. The Binary Digit - the "bit". BUT what is a bit? A bit is either a 1 or a 0 and this is the language that makes up our computers and our ipods. That is the foundation of computer programming. Any number that is part of the make-up a computer can be discerned through Binary Code. An example of this would be:

256 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
40 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

176 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

Focus on the 1 below each number and add them together. You will get the number to the far left this way. That is basic Binary number conversion for ya!
Something as essential as this will be VERY useful information for my potential product. Not so much for the product itself here, but moreover the business side of it. Understanding C language and basic operating systems might help my company create an interface or program using Binary. Not only is it good to understand why computer language is important to any business, but it is also important to put it to use TODAY. So much of what we do is through this digital medium and so in understanding the basic measurement of size in a computer, businesses can then move into other forms such as sound and video!
My project now has come to an interesting point : I'm finally going to be making my game. I have all of the materials that I'll need for it and what's left is the construction of it, as well as the Illustrator and Photoshop elements for the game cards! I also have decided to have my board map out constellations and so whenever your piece lands in spaces (color-coded) and occupy all of those areas, they have that constellation! Cool, huh? Above are the photographs of my most recent prototype for the board design.