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Review: Soulo converts iPad into karaoke machine

Karaoke lovers typically fall into two categories: Those who enjoy it, and those whose arms have to be twisted to get up and sing in public.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Female fertility affects men's linguistic choices

The likelihood that a man will match his language to that of a female conversation partner depends on how fertile she is, according to a study published Feb. 8 in the open access journal PLoS ONE.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gadget turns table-tops into stereo speakers

Roger Arnold reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a gadget that turned an ornate wooden table in a Las Vegas nightclub into a booming stereo speaker.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Language learning through hip-hop music

Listeners can learn new vocabulary through hip-hop music, even though the lyrics may be difficult to understand, according to a study published in the Dec. 21 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New home movies resurrect endangered American Indian language

University of Minnesota Duluth education professor Mary Hermes says saving an endangered language goes beyond just enriching the people who speak it.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

'Queen's English' not the best

Native English speakers should give up their claim to be the guardians of the purest form of the language and accept that the ways it is used and changed by millions around the world are equally valid.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Error rate higher in breast imaging reports generated by automatic speech recognition

Breast imaging reports generated using an automatic speech recognition system are nearly six times more likely to contain major errors than those generated with conventional dictation transcription, a new study in Canada ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New translator app makes sense of foreign-language food menus

Researchers have created an application that enables cell phones and other portable devices to translate foreign-language food menus for English speakers and could be used for people who must follow restricted ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Prof analyzes the demographic profile of US high school music ensemble students

University of Miami Frost School of Music Professor Carlos R. Abril has recently published findings of a research study designed to construct a national demographic profile of high school band, choir, and orchestra students ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Language speed versus efficiency: Is faster better?

A recent study of the speech information rate of seven languages concludes that there is considerable variation in the speed at which languages are spoken, but much less variation in how efficiently languages communicate ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 5

Pledgers step up for plasma speakers

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Seattle group of students have created a plasma speaker prototype model that they’re offering to the world as a kit where you, too, can have a plasma speaker that uses an electric arc ...

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 7 | with audio podcast weblog

Swear words shed light on how language shapes thought

Why were people offended when BBC broadcaster James Naughtie mispronounced the surname of the Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt? Why is it much easier for bilingual speakers to swear in their second language? ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Nintendo debuts touchscreen Wii successor

Nintendo has introduced the world to the Wii's touchy new big brother: the Wii U.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

One world, one sound

The world is composed of multiple languages, cultures, races and religions, but among this diversity our eyes see, it is possible that the world is more united through our ears.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Robots learn to create language

(PhysOrg.com) -- Communication is a vital part of any task that has to be done by more than one individual. That is why humans in every corner of the world have created their own complex languages that help ...

Electronics / Robotics

created May 17, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 17 | with audio podcast weblog