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Predictions of a downfall in the
ringtones market have long held little
sway. In fact, the roaring success
continues, as can be seen from some
very interesting figures emerging from
the Asia market. :: read
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During the recent success of NASA's
Discovery mission the number two in
command, Steve Robinson, delivered
the very first podcast from Space.
Transmitted one day before landing,
Robinson's broadcast marks :: read
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#0000043
Predictions of a downfall in the
ringtones market have long held little
sway. In fact, the roaring success
continues, as can be seen from some
very interesting figures emerging from
the Asia market. :: read
more...
#0000041
The IDSA Industrial Design Excellence
Awards take in place in August and
one of the winners makes use of
haptics to create a novel interface for
users. Diebold's Vectra machine allows
users to feel :: read
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#0000037
Apple have announced details of a
new mouse, the Mighty Mouse. What's
so special about it? Well, it
incorporates technologies of interest to
sonolum, such as sensing capabilities
and sonification feedback. :: read
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#0000031
World famous New York nightclub
CBGB is in danger of closing its doors,
and has begun a month long benefit
drive of concerts to raise the
necessary rescue funds. You can help
too :: read
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#0000029
Architects Benjamin Ball and Gaston
Nogues for the Materials and
Applications (M&A) Research Centre in
LA have designed an installation
incorporating multimedia components,
including lighting and sound :: read
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#0000023
Today's trends in mobile
communication lead to new and
interesting ways to connect with
people. Composer and scientist Mikael
Fernström has designed unique ways
to apply this to music :: read
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#0000019
'Score for a hole in the ground' is the
winner of the first New Music Award,
written by Jem Finer one of the
founding members of the legendary
group The Pogues. This work is truly
compelling, employing natural :: read
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#0000017
The ever-present need for free music
sharing continues. Following in the
spirit of the CommonTimes social
bookmarking service, CommonTunes
allows users to share audio without
charge. :: read
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#0000013
Hearware is going to catch on. The
result of a project undertaken by the
UK's RNID, Hearware aims to
revolutionize the hearing aid device, by
bringing together tecnhnical advances
with new avenues in design and
fashion. :: read
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#0000011
For some wonderful examples of
acoustic ecology, check out this
housing of sound design works from
11 artists and featuring over an hour's
worth of art. The project, called The
River is presented by EarthEar :: read
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#0000007
Avoision's site has some nice pieces
that tie together music, art and
science. For example the
pi10k
experiment is based on the concept of
generation music from numbers :: read
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#0000005
We all know that music downloading is
a contentious issue right now for the
music industry, especially when users
don't pay for it. Well, this site just
doesn't seem to care! :: read
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#0000003
The title of this page pretty much sums
it up nicely: 'Toilet Seat with Acoustic
Insulation Wins Plastic Design
Innovation Award'.
What great use of sound design, or in
this case 'silence design'. Just as
important :: read
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#0000002
Check out this awesome girl punk
band from NYC.
Renminbi have a
masterful control of their soundscape
and guitarist Lisa Liu's driving force is
as brilliant live as it is on their EPs ::
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#0000001
Here is a paper on haptics and audio
for mobile phones authored by Conor
O'Sullivan and Angela Chang at this
year's ICAD conference. ICAD, the
International Conference on Auditory
Display was held this year in Limerick,
Ireland :: read
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