Sound, Vibration & Acoustics Digest #7

Chip/crisp packets, smartphones, the spooky sounds in space and the absolutely fascinating Diana Deutsch Speech to Song Illusion; welcome to our latest digest

Extracting audio from visual information https://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/algorithm-recovers-speech-from-vibrations-0804Algorithm recovers speech from the vibrations of a potato-chip bag filmed through soundproof glass.

Acoustic Bottles In Open Air Send Sound Waves On Trajectorieshttp://www.science20.com/news_articles/acoustic_bottles_in_open_air_send_sound_waves_on_trajectories-141924There’s a new wave of sound on the horizon carrying with it a broad scope of tantalizing potential applications, including advanced ultrasonic imaging and therapy, acoustic…

Diana Deutsch – Speech to Song Illusionhttp://deutsch.ucsd.edu/psychology/pages.php?i=212The Speech-to-Song Illusion was discovered by Deutsch in 1995, when she was fine-tuning the spoken commentary on her CD ‘Musical Illusions and Paradoxes’1. She had…

Smartphone Gyroscopes Convert Vibration into Sound for Eavesdroppinghttp://news92fm.com/468603/smartphone-gyroscopes-convert-vibration-into-sound-for-eavesdropping/We’ve heard the stories of our the microphones on our smartphone’s being used as a spy technique without our knowledge, but what about voluntarily turning our smartphones into a spy gadgets?

The spooky sounds of spacehttp://www.cnet.com/news/the-spooky-sounds-of-space/Since the 1950s, probes sent into space have been sending back data that reveal eerie sounds from the vastness of the galaxy.

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Chris fell in love with technology and innovation in the early days of personal computing (Sinclair ZX80's, Commodore PETs & Apple ]['s) This hobby became a career in software development, product development, team leadership, web development, and marketing. He is now General Manager at Prosig & DJB Instruments, both part of Condition Monitoring Technology Group. In 2019 Chris completed an Executive MBA at the University of Winchester where he focused on innovation and strategy.