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Did acoustics affect where palaeolithic cave 'art' was painted?

Did the first large scale scientific test of the theory that acoustics affected where palaeolithic cave ‘art’ was painted, support the hypothesis? The lead author on the paper explains.

Published September 12, 2017
Categorized as archaeoacoustics Tagged architectural acoustics, Bruno Fazenda, caves, echo, resonance, reverberation, sound, Spain, university of salford

Adding spatial audio to Ricoh Theta 360 Video

Replacing the sound track on a 360 video

Published August 30, 2016
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged 360 video, ambisonics, anechoic chamber, audio, balloon burst, ricoh theta, sound, spatial audio, youtube

Extreme acoustics in the Emanuel Vigeland mausoleum

The remarkable acoustic matches the extraordinary frescos in the Emanuel Vigeland museum, Oslo

Published September 28, 2014
Categorized as architecture Tagged absorption, balloon burst, Emanuel Vigeland, Emanuel Vigeland Mausoleum, Hamilton Mausoleum, mausoleum, reverb, reverberation, reverberation time, singing, sound, Tomba Emmanuelle, Tor Halmrast

Preserving endangered sounds

Preserving favourite endangered sounds

Published March 17, 2014
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Favourite Sound Project, London, sound, Torsten Nilsson

Why do bubbles sound bubbly?

As you break open the champagne this Christmas, listen to the sound of the bubbles suggests Jonathan Riley. Earlier this week I watched Dr. Helen Czerski’s programme about the science of bubbles. One of the things she talked about was how a bubble makes a sound as it rises through a liquid. We know that… Continue reading Why do bubbles sound bubbly?

Published December 27, 2013
Categorized as bubbles Tagged bubble, Helen Czerski, sound, ultrasound

What 'bang' and 'bloop' tell us about how our brains listen

Do we have few English words describing sounds because of the way of hearing evolved?

Published September 29, 2013
Categorized as hearing Tagged boing, bong, chirr, cognition, descriptors, identification, linguistic, neuroscience, perceptive radio, radio 3, sound, sound and fury, soundscapes, thwack

A London Soundwalk

Instructions for a soundwalk in central London and some thoughts from the book buyers who went on it.

Published September 8, 2013
Categorized as soundwalk Tagged acoustics, bodley head, church, London, Noise, soho, soho square, sonic wonderlands, sound, soundscape project, the sound book, walk

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

Listening to the Northern lights

Aural renderings of the northern lights and other low frequency radio waves.

Published July 29, 2013
Categorized as radio waves Tagged auralisation, aurora borealis, big bang, low frequency, northern lights, science, sound

What sounds are keeping you awake at night?

Can you mine twitter to look at attitudes to noise? Looking at results from #nightsounds

Published July 21, 2013
Categorized as Noise Tagged bbc, birds, birdsong, data mining, foxes, heat, heatwave, sound, sultry, tweets, twitter, windows

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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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#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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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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