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Acoustics Advent Week 3+

A summary of the Acoustics Advent for days 15 to 25. Enjoy.

Published December 26, 2018
Categorized as advent Tagged archaeoacoustics, carols, cave paintings, chirp, father christmas, frozen lake, granular synthesis, Kircher, MRI, Santa Claus, Santa Piano, sleigh bells, vibration, vocal folds, whoopee cushion

Listening to the Northern Lights: part 2

When the northern lights are close to the ground, sometimes you get a spluttering sound.

Published August 1, 2013
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged aalto, aurora borealis, chirp, finland, geomagnetic disturbance, northern lights, sound

Why Sharapova's grunts remind me of a whip-bird

Why Sharapova’s grunts are like a whip-bird

Published July 3, 2013
Categorized as sport, vocalisation Tagged acoustic features, chirp, Sharapova, sound, tennis, voice, whip bird, wimbledon

Pyramids and chirps

I’m starting to gather examples of curious acoustic effects – and the sound of the El Castillo pyramid in Mexico is a really good example. An article [1] on this has just appeared in an academic journal I help edit. Apparently, if you sit at the bottom of the steps you think you hear rain… Continue reading Pyramids and chirps

Published December 18, 2009
Categorized as architecture, sound, tourism Tagged chirp, pyramid, raindrop

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Acoustical Engineer at Salford University, host of https://t.co/qSsJHg814E and author of Now You're Talking and Sonic Wonderland.

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1 Jul

Improved acoustic facemask project @salforduni @ManchesterUniv was on @bbcradio4 #Inside #Science Instructions to make mask here https://hub.salford.ac.uk/sirc-acoustics/facemask-with-improved-communication/

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1 Jul

#Reject #press #photo from the facemask project that featured on @bbcradio4 Inside Science @amsterdammed Instruction here https://hub.salford.ac.uk/sirc-acoustics/facemask-with-improved-communication/

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27 Jun

The latest edition of @PodInventive is out and it's all about sound 🔊🦻 as @RuthAmos interviews me! Lovely story by science fiction writer Stephen Cox @StephenWhq exploring music and hearing loss.

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