News tagged with audio
South Asian oral history archive goes online
Dec 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique collection of hundreds of interviews with people who witnessed Indian independence and the final days of the British Raj is being put online.
World's first album of Twitter music available now
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 19, 2009 |
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For the first time, you can now download an album of digital music written exclusively for Twitter.
P2P comes to the aid of audiovisual search (w/ Video)
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Current methods of searching audiovisual content can be a hit-and-miss affair. Manually tagging online media content is time consuming, and costly. But new 'query by example' methods, built on peer-to-peer ...
Schools shun Kindle, saying blind can't use it
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Amazon's Kindle can read books aloud, but if you're blind it can be difficult to turn that function on without help. Now two universities say they will shun the device until Amazon changes the setup.
Tiny Music Player Made from Wire Bridge (w/ Video)
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In 2008, scientists built a loudspeaker made of carbon nanotubes that produced sound and music based on the thermoacoustic effect. Now, a different team of scientists has built a loudspeaker ...
NXP Introduces Intelligent Switches Supporting HDMI 1.4
Sep 30, 2009 |
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NXP Semiconductors today unveiled intelligent switches supporting the new HDMI 1.4 specification released in June 2009.
European research's bit part in Ben Hur Live?
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Technology developed by European researchers is helping the stage production of Ben Hur Live in London's O2 arena.
Wiretapping Skype calls: virus eavesdrops on VoIP
Sep 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Some computer viruses have a crude but scary ability to spy on people by logging every keystroke they type. Now hackers and potentially law enforcement have another weapon: a virus that can eavesdrop on voice conversations ...
Happy 30th birthday, Walkman
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Thirty years ago Sony launched the Walkman, a gadget which revolutionised the way people around the world listened to music but has since been overtaken by an icon of the digital age -- the iPod.
Intelligent DJ Emerges from Fundamental Research
Jun 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An Austrian project has made the leap from research bench to shop shelf and is breathing musical intelligence into a digital audio system. This achievement has been made possible by a computer ...
Improving speed measurements for cars, bullets
May 21, 2009 |
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While today's law enforcement officers don't wear utility belts full of crimefighting gadgets like Batman, they do rely on a variety of state-of-the-art technologies to do their jobs efficiently and safely. ...
Japan's Pioneer expects sixth year in red
May 13, 2009 |
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Japan's Pioneer Corp. warned it would spend a sixth straight year in the red as it pulls the plug on its loss-making television business and slashes thousands of jobs.
iPod shuffle: Are these earbuds for you?
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Apple has a history of making things without features that many people consider essential.
Group protests Kindle e-reader's read-aloud limits
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A group representing the blind and other people with disabilities protested limitations to the new read-aloud feature on Amazon.com Inc.'s latest Kindle electronic reader Tuesday, arguing that the ...
New flat flexible speakers might even help you catch planes and trains
Apr 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A groundbreaking new loudspeaker, less than 0.25mm thick, has been developed by University of Warwick engineers, it's flat, flexible, could be hung on a wall like a picture, and its particular ...
