Sound, acoustics, audio, music
Manipulating sound is an exciting area of research living at the boundary between music, computer science, electronic engineering and physics.
Digital Music has taken over from analogue versions, we can help people with disabilities and those without by creating auditory displays,
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Nemisindo: breaking the sound barrier
Games are becoming ever more realistic. Now, thanks to the work of Joshua Reiss’s research team and their spinout company, Nemisindo, it’s not just the graphics that are amazing, the sound effects can be too … (read on)
Sounding out a sensory garden
How QMUL’s Nela Brown added interactive sound to a sensory garden, aiming for it to be informal but have educational and social value, even though it was outside. … (read on)
Robert Weitbrecht and his telecommunication device for the deaf
Robert Weitbrecht was born deaf. He went on to become an award winning electronics scientist who invented the acoustic coupler (or modem) and a teletypewriter (or teleprinter) system allowing the deaf to communicate via a normal phone call. … (read on)
Pots fixing problematic acoustics
Pots are buried in the walls of medieval churches and monasteries across Europe: in the UK, Sweden, Denmark and Serbia. Why? Are they just a weird form of decoration? Actually, they are there to fix problematic acoustics. … (read on)
Data Sonification and Visualisation
We are used to the idea of visualising data but what about sonifying it. That gives new ways to help the deaf, to understand big data and more … (read on)
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