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The sound of silence: an end to noisy communications

It has happened to almost everyone. You are sitting on a train or a bus and someone right next to you is annoyingly shouting into his or her mobile phone.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (15) | comments 3

Japanese company develops world's first ultra-thin piezoelectric waterproof speaker

(PhysOrg.com) -- Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., a company based in Kyoto in Japan, has made what they claim to be the world's first ultra-thin (0.9 mm thick) waterproof piezoelectric speaker.

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 15, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (12) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

New translator app makes sense of foreign-language food menus

Researchers have created an application that enables cell phones and other portable devices to translate foreign-language food menus for English speakers and could be used for people who must follow restricted ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Robots learn to create language

(PhysOrg.com) -- Communication is a vital part of any task that has to be done by more than one individual. That is why humans in every corner of the world have created their own complex languages that help ...

Electronics / Robotics

created May 17, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 17 | with audio podcast weblog

Pledgers step up for plasma speakers

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Seattle group of students have created a plasma speaker prototype model that they’re offering to the world as a kit where you, too, can have a plasma speaker that uses an electric arc ...

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 7 | with audio podcast weblog

Bilinguals get the blues

(PhysOrg.com) -- Learning a foreign language literally changes the way we see the world, according to new research.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 15, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Nintendo debuts touchscreen Wii successor

Nintendo has introduced the world to the Wii's touchy new big brother: the Wii U.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

One world, one sound

The world is composed of multiple languages, cultures, races and religions, but among this diversity our eyes see, it is possible that the world is more united through our ears.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Jawbone releases 'Big' speakers for smartphones

Jawbone began rolling out an even louder version of its portable wireless speakers, which have caught fire among smartphone and tablet users.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Juggling languages can build better brains

Once likened to a confusing tower of Babel, speaking more than one language can actually bolster brain function by serving as a mental gymnasium, according to researchers.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 18, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 17 | with audio podcast

Review: Soulo converts iPad into karaoke machine

Karaoke lovers typically fall into two categories: Those who enjoy it, and those whose arms have to be twisted to get up and sing in public.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Talking dictionaries' document vanishing languages

Digital technology is coming to the rescue of some of the world's most endangered languages. Linguists from National Geographic's Enduring Voices project who are racing to document and revitalize struggling languages are ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Linguist uses Internet to study how we say things

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mats Rooth, a Cornell linguist, will use software to study distinctions of prosody (rhythm, stress and intonation) in language by hunting for word patterns on the Internet.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 04, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Coffee Talk' Disappearing In Native New Yorkers

In the early 1990s, comedian Mike Myers regularly dressed up in a giant wig, gaudy fake nails and gigantic sunglasses to become Linda Richman -- a stereotypical New Yorker who had fits of feeling "verklempt" ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 20, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nanotech Speakers Hold Promise for Sonar Uses

(PhysOrg.com) -- UT Dallas researchers have found that carbon nanotube sheets perform well as underwater sound generators and noise-canceling speakers, two highly desirable traits for submarine sonar and stealth ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 14, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast