Investigator Diana Issidorides alerts us to this “series of video-experiments with motto “Everything sounds more beautiful in the Concertgebouw.” Issidorides notes that the videos are in Dutch, but says “Non-Dutch speakers will get it too!”
Tag: Acoustics
Detecting nervousness on the telephone (patent)
Businesses need a way to detect nervousness on the telephone, says a recent patent, which offers a computerised means of accomplishing this. Inventor Valery Petrushin obtained his doctorate in computer science from the Glushkov Institute for Cybernetics, Kiev, and now works in Illinois in the US. His patent, granted last year, is for “detecting emotion in voice […]
Plausible: Sounds & Shoes & Skirts (Stradivarius)
Two looks at a new study about the famously superior sound of Stradivarius violins: Jennifer Ouellette (Cocktail Party Physics): “Anatomy of a Stradivarius.” [BONUS (Jan 3): Musician buys old violin at flea market worth thousands.] Ed Yong (Not Exactly Rocket Science): “Violinists can’t tell the difference between Stradivarius violins and new ones.” [BONUS: Comments by one of the study […]
A look back at the loudest penis
As 2011 fades into history, let’s take a look back at Dr. Windmill [pictured here] and the loudest penis of the year. That loudness rating pertains to the publicity received, as much as to the decibels produced. Here’s a BBC Report by Ella Davies, on June 30: ‘Singing penis’ sets noise record for water insect […]