Beep Locator development

Simon Willison developed the sound localization system Beep Locator using Claude Code to locate the source of intermittent sounds in a room, ultimately localizing the sound within a range of about 40cm. The system uses a multi-device triangulation method where devices locate each other by playing sounds. Willison ran a Python web application server to display the main UI and used multiple devices such as iPads, phones, MacBook Pro, and Surface Ultra as listeners. Devices recorded 60 seconds of audio and detected sounds, locating them by measuring time differences through playing specific sounds. He also added a clapping mode, testing by clapping at different locations in the room, with results shown as diamond markers on a map. The project code is open-source.

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