News tagged with sound synthesis
Computers synthesize sounds to go with graphics
Computer-generated imagery usually relies on recorded sound to complete the illusion. Recordings can, however, limit the range of sounds you can produce, especially in future virtual reality environments where ...
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Researchers bring noise to virtual worlds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientists have developed a method to synthesize the sounds of cymbals, falling garbage cans and lids, and plastic water-cooler bottles and recycling bins.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Making realistic sounds for computer animation (w/Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Splash, splatter, babble, sploosh, drip, drop, bloop and ploop!
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Mogees project delivers haptic symphony (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Creative sound-making is as fluid and changing as it implies, incorporating everything from troupes that bang on every hard surface imaginable to creators of electronic music, to musicians ...
Jan 05, 2012 |
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50 million year old cricket and katydid fossils hint at the origins of insect hearing
How did insects get their hearing? A new study of 50 million year-old cricket and katydid fossils — sporting some of the best preserved fossil insect ears described to date— help trace the evolution ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Google will put Majel on the line to rival Siri
(PhysOrg.com) -- Majel is Google’s voice controlled assistant in the wings and it is poised to compete against Apple’s iPhone 4S-based Siri. The new chatter surrounding the yet to be launched Majel ...
Dec 18, 2011 |
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How do we learn to speak and read?
Do you remember how you learned to speak? Most people do not recall learning how to talk, or know how it is that they can understand others. The process involves a complex coordination of moving air from our ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 02, 2011 |
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Smart listeners and smooth talkers
Human-like performance in speech technology could be just around the corner, thanks to a new research project that links three UK universities.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Large birds with low-frequency songs are less likely to nest near noisy sites
A growing body of evidence shows that man-made noise is bad for birds, but some species are harder hit than others — particularly bigger birds with low-frequency songs, finds a new study.
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Mask-bot: A robot with a human face
Robotics researchers in Munich, Germany, have joined forces with Japanese scientists to develop an ingenious technical solution that gives robots a human face. By using a projector to beam the 3D image of ...
Nov 07, 2011 |
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Graphene nanoribbons grow due to domino-like effect
(PhysOrg.com) -- While many labs are trying to efficiently synthesize large two-dimensional sheets of graphene, a team of researchers from Sweden and the UK is investigating the synthesis of very thin strips ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Scientists: Bacteria spreading in warming oceans
(AP) -- Warning: The warming of the world's oceans can cause serious illness and may cost millions of euros (dollars) in health care charges.
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Parabolic mirrors concentrate sunlight to power lasers
Legend tells of Greek engineer and inventor Archimedes using parabolic mirrors to create "heat rays" to burn the ships attacking Syracuse. Though the underpinnings of that claim are speculative at best, a modern-day team ...
Sep 12, 2011 |
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