Category: Sound
un-Quantal vowels.
Anthropologist reconstructs Neanderthal vocal tracts and simulates the sound of their voice.
Post date: Friday, April 18th, 2008.
Au clair de la lune.
Recording of the earliest known sound is now online.
Post date: Thursday, March 27th, 2008.
Vegetation echoes.
Researchers use sound waves to identify different plant species by their unique echoes. (via)
Post date: Sunday, March 23rd, 2008.
Photoacoustic detection.
Technique that allows scientists to detect skin cancer by hearing it.
Post date: Monday, October 16th, 2006.
Tooth Tunes.
Toothbrush that plays music while brushing that you hear in your head. (via)
Post date: Thursday, October 12th, 2006.
Tritare.
Mathematicians create a triple-necked guitar that operates on the principles of Pythagoras and produces non-harmonic sounds.
Post date: Wednesday, June 28th, 2006.
High-resolution time-frequency analysis.
Mathematicians create an algorithm that is able to process sound frequencies on par with the human brain. (via)
Post date: Saturday, June 10th, 2006.
Uaser.
Researchers have created a type of laser that uses sound instead of light. (via)
Post date: Friday, June 9th, 2006.
Voiceprint.
Technology used to recreate what Mona Lisa’s voice sounded like. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, May 31st, 2006.
Ringxiety.
Emerging phenomonen of hearing a cell phone ring that isn’t there. (via)
Post date: Thursday, May 4th, 2006.
ShotSpotter.
Gunshot-locator system uses microphones attached to buildings to pinpoint where shootings have occured. (via)
Post date: Thursday, April 13th, 2006.
Subvocal speech recognition.
Technology that detects electric speech currents sent from the brain and turns these unspoken words into text. (via)
Post date: Monday, March 27th, 2006.
Sonic Detection and Ranging.
Meteorological technique that measures sound waves to predict earthquakes.
Post date: Thursday, March 16th, 2006.
Amolops tormotus.
Frog discovered that can communicate in ultrasonic frequencies.
Post date: Thursday, March 16th, 2006.
StopSnor.
Ring that massages a pressure point in the pinky on the left hand and helps stop snoring. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, March 1st, 2006.
Sonic Teenager Deterrent.
Device that deters teens from loitering by emitting noises which only young ears can detect.
Post date: Friday, February 17th, 2006.
Dragon storm.
Cassini has picked up the sound of a lightning storm on Saturn that is 2,175 miles wide.
Post date: Wednesday, February 15th, 2006.
Hearing aid.
Man’s deafness is cured after riding a ski lift. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, January 31st, 2006.
Sonofusion.
Researchers have used oscillating sound waves to produce a shock wave that can induce nuclear fusion. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, January 31st, 2006.
Final note.
Scientists discover that dying stars emit a middle C range sound which ultimately causes them to explode.
Post date: Friday, January 27th, 2006.
Sound psychology.
Web site that is hunting for the worst sound in the world. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, November 16th, 2005.
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