second skin 1

I have decided what I am going to create. I am going to design the human equivalent of a syrinx! This is the voice organ in birds that allows some birds to produce two or more notes at once. The birds voice organs work differently than humans though, humans have 2 vocal folds within the larynx that are soft tissue that tighten or relax to change pitch. When air is passed between the two they vibrate much like a stringed instrument and the vibrations cause the change in pitch. the tighter the vocal chords, the higher the sound. Where as in birds the vocal organs are within the body of the bird and is situated where the bronchial tubes split to go to each lung. The muscles within the walls of the syrinx vibrate to produce sound as air passes through.


So what I intend to design is a layrnx has two sets of vocal folds to give the ability to produce two notes at once. at this point in my research I think that the bronchial tubes from each lung will lead to a seperate vocal opening rather than join in the chest as they currently do. I need to do more research into the structure of the larynx to see if it is possible but I believe that it is a viable idea.

Here are some of the first sketches I produced for my idea

then some mopre sketches after investigating the potential for positioning my idea.