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The second Android-based mobile phone handset vendor that Motorola delivered to the market this year, namely the Motorola DROID, is considered at the moment to be the nicest Android device available. However, while being as appealing as it can be, it seems that some of its early adopters might have been plagued... |
16 November 2009
11:01 GMT |
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Audacity, a fast, cross-platform, multitrack audio editor and recorder that supports WAV, AIFF, Ogg, and MP3 formats has been updated to version 1.3.9 beta. Because it is a work in progress and does not yet come with complete documentation (or translations into foreign languages), this early version of the piece of s... |
2 September 2009
07:00 GMT |
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Sonos has introduced a free Controller application for iPhone and iPod touch that turns your device into a full-fledged Sonos Controller. Users carry the device in their pocket as they walk around the house and enjoy the various playback options. “Sonos gives you the freedom to control your system howev... |
11 August 2009
10:06 GMT |
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Agile Partners, a company now responsible for three music apps, has announced the release of Star6, the world’s first fully featured, performance-grade sample instrument for the iPhone and iPod touch. To create the app, Agile Partners teamed up with professional sample-based musician Jason Forrest. According t... |
6 August 2009
09:30 GMT |
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AudioMulch, a program used for live electronic music performance, composition and sound design, has received a major update. AudioMulch 2.0 is “a new generation of AudioMulch software,” according to its makers, and is the first version available for both Windows and Macintosh computers. It builds on its p... |
30 June 2009
08:42 GMT |
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SonoSite has announced the release of SonoAccess, the first application for iPhone and iPod touch from an ultrasound company that provides a multimedia library of ultrasound resource materials for medical professionals. With 28 instructional ultrasound videos and 17 video case studies, the SonoAccess application is o... |
25 June 2009
06:22 GMT |
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Adam Lambert came in second on the grand finale of the eighth season of American Idol, but one thing he does not lack is offers to pursue what looks like a very successful music career. Still, Lambert wants his fans to know as early as now that they should not expect something traditional from him, or a material they... |
27 May 2009
11:48 GMT |
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Pioneer Electronics, a big name in high-definition home theater equipment, has announced the availability of A/V Receivers that seamlessly integrate Apple's iPhones and iPods into a customer's home theater. According to the company, the receivers use proprietary technologies designed to restore compressed a... |
26 May 2009
09:58 GMT |
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Mobile Frontiers Ltd., a company whose mission is to enhance people's lives through mobile technology, has recently announced “A Good Night's Sleep,” an iPhone app that promises to be “the definitive solution to stress and insomnia.” The application is immediately available for downl... |
15 May 2009
09:22 GMT |
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Bowls is a very simple, yet beneficial app for iPhone and iPod touch. By recreating the true sound of Tibetan singing bowls, the app aims to relax the user and reduce his / her stress, while also boosting their creativity. It does the trick! Bowls has been developed by a company called Oceanhouse Media. According to... |
5 May 2009
02:33 GMT |
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Singer Gary Go is set to perform live this summer at Wembley Stadium, using an iPhone with music apps installed on it. Gary (real name Gary Baker) has written the majority of his songs on the iPhone, using several of the many different music-making apps available in the App Store. A special track called Superfuture w... |
28 April 2009
10:39 GMT |
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Audacity is a fast, cross-platform multitrack audio editor and recorder that supports WAV, AIFF, Ogg, and MP3 formats. Using the software, you can envelope-edit your audio files, do a bit of mixing using built-in effects and plug-ins and, if you mess up, at any point, you have unlimited undo.The free audio editor for... |
28 January 2009
10:07 GMT |
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Yet another Apple patent filing has been spotted on the Internet, this time involving an audio sensor to auto-adjust iPhone ringtones. While not exactly mind-blowing, Apple insists the invention be called theirs. So, here's the plan.Now, more than ever, devices such as TV sets, computers and mobile phones are be... |
22 January 2009
09:40 GMT |
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Nintendo's GameBoy has been the inspiration of numerous mods, customizations, using elements ranging from the console's appearance to its game pixelated graphics and sounds. The latter was Nadim Kobeissi's inspiration in creating an application that changed the soundset of Adium, the popular IM client ... |
15 January 2009
09:57 GMT |
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How many of you have ever wondered about how a song played on, say, the Martian surface would actually sound? Assuming you pressed the "play" button on a Hi-Fi audio system, would Bach's famous “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” sound the same as on Earth, as you would expect? Scientists say that no, it... |
21 November 2008
16:01 GMT |
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As more and more activities are carried out outside the spacecrafts that provide transportation and shelter for the astronauts, their safety proves more of a concern for scientists. Perhaps, in the not-so-distant future, EVAs (extra-vehicular activities) will require longer spacewalks and actions that must ... |
24 October 2008
06:52 GMT |
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While Apple's older iMacs (Late-2006) boast an impressive pair of stereo speakers (considering the all-in-one design and their small size), the same thing cannot be said about the company's 20-inch and 24-inch aluminum iMac (Mid-2007). However, both Apple's Late-2006 and Mid-2007 computers have their s... |
19 October 2008
05:21 GMT |
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Recently, the European Commission asked scientists to evaluate the effects of prolonged exposure to high levels of “leisure noise,” and the results of the study were more than worrying. As the EU researchers discovered, there are tens of millions of young people that can experience definitive hearing... |
14 October 2008
11:19 GMT |
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While there are dozens of Windows-themed songs out there, few thought of rubbing those neurons together to compose a song using the sound effects in Mac OS X. Well, this guy did, and it sounds pretty cool. He's also putting the project up for grabs, so you can continue or completely alter what he's started ... |
26 September 2008
04:04 GMT |
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One of the many reasons we buy computers is also to play our favorite movies and music. This is the case for both our home PCs and our travel mates - the notebooks. There are dozens of multimedia players out there and, naturally, everyone has a preference in this respect. Most of them have common commands so i... |
24 September 2008
09:21 GMT |
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Sound Studio 3 is a Mac OS X app focused on recording and editing digital audio on your computer. The software can digitize tapes and even vinyl records, record live performances, and more, and has now been updated to include the latest tweaks and bug fixes.Using the third installment of Sound Studio, you can also cr... |
26 August 2008
23:01 GMT |
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A frog living near the noisy springs in central China was found by researchers from the University of Illinois and the University of California to have the ability to tune its ears to hear only certain sound frequencies, as opposed to hearing all the sounds in the acoustic spectrum at the same time, as humans do. Pre... |
23 July 2008
06:29 GMT |
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It's almost amazing how violins made by applying three century old technology cannot be matched in sound quality by violins made through modern technology. No wonder some of these musical instruments value several hundred million dollars each and made Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesu some of the most famous mast... |
2 July 2008
08:38 GMT |
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Gun suppressors, most commonly known as silencers, are generally used to 'quiet' down the loud bang created by the sudden expansion of the explosive discharge that is propelling the bullet out of the gun barrel and through the air. The vast majority of guns are not built to accept suppressors, although some... |
14 May 2008
08:57 GMT |
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Often referred to as mike or mic, the microphone first became commercially practical with the invention of the carbon microphone by Thomas Alva Edison in October 1876. Back then microphones were called transmitters. Practically, the microphone is an electronic device capable of capturing minute air pressure waves or ... |
8 May 2008
08:40 GMT |
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You don't have to wait for the age of speech learning. A team led by Professor of Neuroscience April Benasich, at Infancy Studies Laboratory at Rutgers University in Newark, found just how the brains of 3-month old infants differentiate sounds signal language issues.The methods developed by this team can assess ... |
16 April 2008
04:32 GMT |
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This is the world's oldest audio recording, from an era when today's recording technology seemed fairy tales. American specialists have found and listened an 1860 recording of a folk song. This pre-dated by 17 years the phonograph invented by Thomas Edison, which recorded him singing a children's song ... |
28 March 2008
08:28 GMT |
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In the middle of a crowded party, you approach and manage to talk with your preferred "target", with all the thundering background noise. This has been a mystery: how can we ignore background noise to focus just on the voice of our interlocutor. It has been believed that the brain differentiates sound sources by ass... |
28 March 2008
06:34 GMT |
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A lot of Mac owners will leave their Macs on over the course of the night or even days at a time for one reason or another. The Mac, as any computer out there, makes sounds. Surely you've left the volume at maximum falling asleep while the machine was downloading an important piece of software, prompting you to ... |
27 March 2008
16:51 GMT |
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Asustek recently released a new series of sound cards targeted at the enthusiast and high-end markets, which somehow ended Creative's supremacy on the market. Until Asustek arrived on the market, users who would like to enjoy a Hi-Fi audio experience had to knock on Creative's door. Things are about to chan... |
26 March 2008
07:30 GMT |
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Forget the rubber bullets and water jets. The weapon of the future for controlling the mob will employ sounds. Or you may use it against the little monsters of the Halloween or an annoying neighbor. The handheld sonic gun, called Sonic Devestator, can emit intense ultrasonic charges capable of causing intense pain an... |
22 March 2008
04:46 GMT |
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Until a machine will read your thoughts, a first step has been made: New Scientists signals the development of a neckband that decodes your nerve signals into speech. For the first time, you could make a phone call without opening your mouth.A trained individual can transmit motor messages to its vocal cords without ... |
19 March 2008
06:12 GMT |
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Foxconn has announced a strategic agreement inked with digital audio expert DTS to deliver onboard digital sound with the DTS CONNECT and DTS Surround Sensation technologies into its upcoming motherboard products. "DTS CONNECT™ ensures simple installation of groundbreaking audio capabilities for the PC, breathing new... |
7 March 2008
11:08 GMT |
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The human brain can be fooled, but not this phone. Our mind orientates too much based on the voice, but what a lier may not know is that there are non-perceivable patterns in the sound of a voice that can betray him/her. A new high-tech mobile phone device can secretly decode, based on the pitch and sound analysis of... |
23 February 2008
04:30 GMT |
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No, it's not an add-on for your MacBook Air, but one for your iPhone or iPod. Airdrives, the "Stereo Earphones for iPhone and iPods," feature this integrated discrete microphone that enables hands-free dual use from MP3 earphones to iPhone headset and, check this out, allow their user to hear life's surroun... |
21 February 2008
09:48 GMT |
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Well, the development of your brain is not only influenced by genetics, diet and intellectual stimulation, but also by... your mother tongue! "Everyone has a brain stem, but it's tuned differently depending on what sounds are behaviorally relevant to a person, for example, the sounds of his or her mother tongue,... |
20 February 2008
04:35 GMT |
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Shrews have always been considered an ancestral model of mammals, the model of how primitive mammals must have looked during the dinosaur era. But a new research made on water shrews and published in the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences" reveals highly sophisticated methods for hunting underwater smal... |
20 February 2008
04:04 GMT |
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A snoring partner means more than a bad night sleep. A new research published in the European Heart Journal shows that it can increase your blood pressure, no matter if you are awake or asleep. Hypertension is a risk factor for heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and dementia. In fact snoring can reach 90 decibels,... |
15 February 2008
14:06 GMT |
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A healthy ear reacts to the sounds it receives, emitting soft sounds in response. These sounds can be detected by sensitive microphones, which enable doctors check newborns' hearing, as a deaf ear doesn't reflect the sounds. A new study published in the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences" and... |
13 February 2008
02:46 GMT |
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Beaked whales get their name from the shape of their snouts and their large size, but these cetaceans are close-related to dolphins. This family of toothed cetaceans is amongst the least known mammalian families. They measure between 3,4 to 12 m (11 to 40 ft) length and weigh 1 to 15 tones. They make deep dives and f... |
11 February 2008
03:28 GMT |
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Did some of your intimate moments get higher when you played the CD with Kenny G, David Sanborn or Candy Dulfer? Now, a research published the journal "Science" has solved the mystery of how jazz saxophonists reach those shaking piercing high notes that amateurs cannot. By expertly shifting the shape of their vocal ... |
8 February 2008
02:45 GMT |
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1. In the depths of the caves, where current airs, temperature and humidity are practically constant, bats seem to know exactly when it's time to go hunting. In fact, when atmospheric pressure decreases (before a rainfall), the insects gather at low altitude and are easier to be preyed. The atmospheric pressure ... |
2 February 2008
07:19 GMT |
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We've known that the bird's trills are produced by a very complex organ called syrinx, located on their trachea. But a new research published in the "Proceedings of the Royal Society B" journal shows that in fact their chirps may be produced via the most unexpected means. A hummingbird species has been foun... |
1 February 2008
03:59 GMT |
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Prepare to throw you cooling fans and heat sinks out the window! Scientists say they won't be powerful enough to cool your future computer processors anyway, and liquid cooling techniques will be implied in just a few months or years. However, cooling computer chips with liquids are not as efficient as they migh... |
24 January 2008
08:54 GMT |
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Let's not fool ourselves, invisibility cloaks have been built and they do exist; they don't work exactly as they should is another thing. However, Duke University researchers said they hadn't done enough to improve the technology and decided to test some acoustic invisibility devices before resuming th... |
18 January 2008
03:53 GMT |
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Sounds are vibrations transmitted through the air as waves to our ears. The frequency of the sounds is given by the number of vibrations per second, measured in hertz (Hz). Humans can perceive only sounds with a frequency of 16 Hz to 20 kHz (20,000 Hz). Most musical instruments produce sounds with frequencies of 27.5... |
17 January 2008
07:11 GMT |
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The universe is a world of infinite possibilities. Well, at least theoretically. Theoretical physics predicts anything from parallel universes to time travel. But, as we came to find out, neither of these two concepts are really so easy to prove. Invisibility cloaks are not different. Although physicists clearly show... |
12 January 2008
06:29 GMT |
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There must have been something about our hearing that enabled us to differentiate speech and music from other sounds. The human ear can detect sound frequencies of 16Hz to 20 kHz, no matter if tones were high or low, near or far. But our ears are simple compared to the remarkable ability of single brain neurons to ma... |
11 January 2008
04:16 GMT |
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1.Movement or chocking of the objects produce sounds. A sound is the vibration of elastic waves through different environments (solid, liquid, gaseous), with a frequency between 16 Hz to 20,000 Hz (20 kHz) (which is detected by the human ear). 2.Human ear has three parts: external, median and internal. The external e... |
27 December 2007
16:56 GMT |
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The left cortical hemisphere realizes this through an acoustical technique named "simultaneous masking", which enables the brain to distinguish one sound even when it comes together with competing sounds and noises. Also named frequency masking, the process often takes place when two or more sounds with a similar fre... |
19 November 2007
04:05 GMT |
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