News tagged with classical music

Musical robots perform duets (w/ Video)

Nov 26, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (6) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A flute playing robot unveiled by Waseda University last year has been joined by a robot saxophonist in a Classical music duet. The aim of the project was to design robots that could respond ...

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iPhones are musical instruments in new course and ensemble (w/ Video)

Technology / Hi Tech

Dec 01, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- iPhones are being used as musical instruments in a new course at the University of Michigan.

Arts and sciences join to develop greener, more efficient conferences and exhibits

Other Sciences / Other

Dec 01, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Santanu Majumdar spent his years as a graphic design graduate student developing a project that might sound counterintuitive for a student of fine arts - a software program made to simplify information gathering at conferences ...

A modernized methodology for obtaining new varieties of potato

Biology / Biotechnology

Dec 01, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Research into the potato tuber at the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development and at the NEIKER-Tecnalia Technology Centre has, in recent years, focused on the development of new varieties of potato adapted ...

Tech and teens

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

Nov 30, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Digital media use is transforming the way young people learn, UCI researcher Mizuko "Mimi" Ito has found, and schools should take note.

Gift Guide: Adventures in the video game aisle

Technology / Software

Nov 30, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- The video game aisle can be intimidating for aspiring Santas who haven't touched a joystick since "Pong." But it has something for everyone: riveting solo adventures, online multiplayer battles and ...

Signal fading on radio traffic reports

Technology / Other

Nov 27, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

(AP) -- For more than 20 years, Mike Nolan was known to radio listeners as the "eye in the sky." He flew over Southern California freeways in his single-engine plane, reporting on the nation's worst traffic.

Gift Guide: Accessories to jazz up mobile phones

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 27, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

People you know have spent small fortunes on shiny new smart phones such as the iPhone 3GS, a BlackBerry or the Droid. But the devices still don't have all the features they want.

Apple's iPhone set to make splash in South Korea

Technology / Business

Nov 27, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- The iPhone's arrival in South Korea is generating considerable buzz among consumers and industry watchers amid expectations it will shake up a market dominated by world-beating domestic manufacturers.

Coma recovery case attracts doubters

Medicine & Health / Other

Nov 26, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

(AP) -- Rom Houben's mother remembers her son's amazement when he finally started communicating again after spending 23 years locked in a paralyzed body that was misdiagnosed as vegetative.