Social media enables interactive jukebox
A digital jukebox which uses social networking to select music has been developed by researchers at Lancaster University.
Software
May 9, 2013
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Song lyrics have become simpler and more repetitive since 1980, study finds
The lyrics of English-language songs have become simpler and more repetitive over the past 40 years, according to a study published in Scientific Reports.
Social Sciences
Mar 28, 2024
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A supercomputer just made the world's first AI-created film trailer – here's how well it did
More people have been talking about the trailer for the sci-fi/horror film Morgan than the movie itself. It's partly because the commercial and critical response to the film has been less than lukewarm, and partly because ...
Computer Sciences
Sep 27, 2016
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Strictly ballroom analysis: Computers get to know their rumba from their cha-cha-cha
Computer scientists in Taiwan have devised a neural network program that can successfully classify a computerized music file based on its beat and tempo. The system could be a boon for music archivists with large numbers ...
Computer Sciences
Aug 26, 2009
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Panic at the pump: Researcher explores role of gas stations in horror films
The gas station is often viewed as a harmless, benign stop for commuters and travelers. Looking back at a few classic horror films, however, these mainstays of the American landscape take on much deeper meanings.
Other
Oct 12, 2020
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When the fat comes out of food, what goes in?
When fat, sugar and gluten come out of salad dressings, sauces, cookies, beverages, and other foods with the new genre of package labels shouting what's not there, what goes into "light" or "-free" versions of products to ...
Other
Nov 2, 2011
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Computers get with the beat: Automatic classification of music by genre
As yet another music streaming service comes online to rival the countless available outlets for so many different genres, a new approach to classifying music to make archiving, sorting and music discovery easier is published ...
Computer Sciences
Jun 29, 2015
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New system explains why you might like both jazz and hip hop
It's hard to pinpoint the exact time in history when genre labels were used to classify music, but the fact is that over the past century, and certainly still today, genre labels dominate. Whether organising your iTunes library, ...
Social Sciences
Aug 8, 2016
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Want to improve your putt? Try listening to jazz
Listening to jazz music while putting can boost your performance on the putting green, according to new university research.
Social Sciences
Nov 14, 2014
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Multimedia search without detours
Finding a particular song or video is often no easy matter. Manually assigned metadata may be incorrect, and the unpacking of compressed data can slow up the search. DIVAS, a multimedia search engine, uses digital fingerprints ...
Computer Sciences
Apr 2, 2010
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