News articles tagged with 'acoustic'
Newly developed cloak hides underwater objects from sonar
— 6 Jan 2011 15:14 | TechnologyIn one University of Illinois lab, invisibility is a matter of now you hear it, now you don't…
'Vast majority' of acoustic tumour patients benefit from surgery
— 8 Dec 2010 17:56 | HealthSurgery to remove tumours under the brain known as acoustic neuromas produces favourable outcomes in the 'vast majority' of patients, according to one of the largest studies of its…
Stevens and TNO conduct joint experiments in Dutch Harbour for maritime security
— 9 Nov 2010 13:19 | TechnologyStevens Institute of Technology and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) have recently conducted joint experiments in the Dutch Navy Harbour of Den Helder,…
The sound of the underground! New acoustic early warning system for landslide prediction
— 22 Oct 2010 20:13 | Geology and palaeontologyA new type of sound sensor system has been developed to predict the likelihood of a landslide…
Heart's sounds can help diagnose heart failure
— 11 Aug 2010 10:12 | HealthFor emergency department patients with shortness of breath and a risk of heart failure, physicians usually grab one thing first: a stethoscope…
MIT researchers create fibres that can detect and produce sound
— 13 Jul 2010 13:07 | TechnologyFor centuries, 'man-made fibres' meant the raw stuff of clothes and ropes; in the information age, it's come to mean the filaments of glass that carry data in communications networks.…
Lone whales shout to overcome noise
— 7 Jul 2010 13:24 | BiologyJust like people in a bar or other noisy location, North American right whales increase the volume of their calls as environmental noise increases; and just like humans, at a certain…
Underwater gliders may change how scientists track fish
— 23 Jun 2010 13:16 | EnvironmentTracking fish across Alaska's vast continental shelves can present a challenge to any scientist studying Alaska's seas. Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have successfully…
Caltech researchers create 'sound bullets'
— 22 Apr 2010 09:23 | TechnologyTaking inspiration from a popular executive toy ('Newton's cradle'), researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have built a device - called a nonlinear acoustic…
Carnegie Mellon student uses skin as input for mobile devices
— 7 Apr 2010 11:11 | TechnologyA combination of simple bio-acoustic sensors and some sophisticated machine learning makes it possible for people to use their fingers or forearms - potentially, any part of their bodies…