News tagged with acoustic systems
Dialect Detectives
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Technology under development by Pedro Torres-Carrasquillo and his colleagues at Lincoln Laboratory may lead to a dialect identification system that compensates for a translator's inexperience ...
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Singing in the rainforest: Public vs. private signaling by a tropical rainforest bird
Biology /
Feb 13, 2008 |
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According to the Chinese proverb, a bird sings because it has a song, not because it has an answer. A team of French and Brazilian researchers, however, may have the answer as to how the song of Brazilian white-browed warbler ...
'Invisibility cloaks' could break sound barriers
Jan 09, 2008 |
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Contrary to earlier predictions, Duke University engineers have found that a three-dimensional sound cloak is possible, at least in theory.
New research suggests changes in underwater data communications
Oct 14, 2008 |
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An NJIT professor, who has discovered new communication channels in underwater environments and invented a technique to communicate data through these channels, will be honored later this month by the New Jersey Inventors ...
Aeroacoustics Research Could Quiet Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
Jan 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are playing increasingly important roles in many fields. Ranging in size from the huge Global Hawk aircraft to hand-held machines, these remotely controlled ...
Undersea WiFi can be made faster, says researcher
Sep 03, 2007 |
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As the United States and Canada take their first step toward establishing a cabled ocean observatory, a University of Missouri-Rolla researcher is trying to improve the speed of wireless underwater communication.
I'm forever imploding bubbles
Apr 07, 2009 |
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The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has developed the first sensor capable of measuring localized ultrasonic cavitation - the implosion of bubbles in a liquid when a high frequency sound wave is applied. The sensor will ...
First hyperlens for sound waves created
Oct 25, 2009 |
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Ultrasound and underwater sonar devices could "see" a big improvement thanks to development of the world's first acoustic hyperlens. Created by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley ...
Finding a Better Way to Quiet Noisy Environments
Apr 05, 2006 |
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Researchers at UCSD report in the April 4 issue of the Journal of Sound and Vibration a new mathematical algorithm designed to dramatically improve noise-cancellation technologies that are used to quiet everything from a ...
NASA Glenn to Test Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 19, 2007 |
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NASA's Glenn Research Center will conduct integrated environmental testing of the Orion crew exploration vehicle in the Space Power Facility at the center's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio.
Musicians' Brains 'Fine-Tuned' to Identify Emotion
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Looking for a mate who in everyday conversation can pick up even your most subtle emotional cues? Find a musician, Northwestern University researchers suggest.
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