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Electrical Engineers Go Head To Head With Genius On Music Playlists
Electrical engineers
recently pitted Genius --
the music recommendation
system in Apple's iTunes --
against two experimental
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First Hyperlens For Sound Waves Created
Researchers have developed
the world's first acoustic
hyperlens, a device that
provides an eightfold boost
in the magnification power
of ultrasound, underwater
sonar and other sound-based
... > full story
Physicists Develop Multifunctional Storage Device For Light
Light can be confined to a
very small space using a
microscopic container
surrounded by reflective
walls. The light can then be
... > full story
Fungus-treated Violin Outdoes Stradivarius
At the 27th
"Osnabrücker
Baumpflegetagen," a
researcher's biotech violin
dared to go head to head in
a blind test against a
stradivarius -- and won! The
... > full story
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New Technique Identifies Versions Of The Same Song
October 23, 2009 — Scientists have developed a system to identify common patterns in versions of songs, which will help to quantify the similarity of musical pieces. The technique could be applied to analyze time ... > full story -
Lasers Generate Underwater Sound: Potential For Naval And Commercial Underwater Acoustic Applications
September 7, 2009 — Scientists are developing a new technology for use in underwater acoustics. The new technology uses flashes of laser light to remotely create underwater sound. The new acoustic source has the ... > full story -
Ultra-flat Loudspeakers With Powerful Sound Reproduction
September 4, 2009 — Bigger speakers, bigger sound – this is the music lover’s creed. Flat panel loudspeakers offer an alternative to those who would rather not or cannot clutter up their homes with speakers. ... > full story -
Lost Sounds Of The Past Brought To Life
August 31, 2009 — Ancient instruments can be lost because they are too difficult to build, or too difficult to play, but they can be heard again thanks to the ASTRA (Ancient instruments Sound/Timbre Reconstruction ... > full story -
New Technology Helps Parkinson's Patients Speak Louder
August 26, 2009 — Researchers have developed a new technology that helps Parkinson's patients overcome the tendency to speak too quietly by playing a recording of ambient sound, which resembles the noisy chatter of a ... > full story -
Next-generation Sound Systems To Minimize Background Noise
July 28, 2009 — The whole listening experience in cars, cinemas, theaters, and even during video conferences, is likely to improve radically thanks to a new set of tools for application ... > full story -
Music Is The Engine Of New Lab-on-a-chip Device
July 23, 2009 — Music, rather than electromechanical valves, can drive experimental samples through a lab-on-a-chip in a new system. This development could significantly simplify the process of conducting ... > full story -
Sound Imaging: Clever Acoustics Help Blind People See The World
July 12, 2009 — Video from portable cameras is analyzed to calculate the distance of obstacles and predict the movements of people and cars. This information is then transformed and relayed to a blind person as a ... > full story -
Better Than A Hearing Aid? Better Hearing With Bone Conducted Sound
July 9, 2009 — New technology to hear vibrations through the skull bone has been developed. Besides investigating the function of a new implantable bone conduction hearing aid, researchers have studied the ... > full story -
First Acoustic Metamaterial 'Superlens' Created
June 25, 2009 — Scientists have created the world's first acoustic "superlens," an innovation that could have practical implications for high-resolution ultrasound imaging, non-destructive structural testing of ... > full story
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