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To Pinpoint Audio Evidence, UK Police Record 7 Years Of Background Noise
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A Restaurant With Adjustable Acoustics
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Japanese Researcher Crafts Violin Strings From the Silk of Three Hundred Spiders
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Bats Have Unique Superfast Squeak Muscles to Make Superfast Echolocation Calls
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Moaning Mouth-Bot Learns to Croon, Is Even Creepier Than Ever
Acoustic Invisibility Cloak Makes Objects Unhearable
Audio Porn Scanner Filters Content By Listening for “Sexual Screams or Moans”
Divers Attempt to Communicate With Wild Dolphins, Using A Two-Way Translation Device
Bat Ears Could Inspire New Sensing Technology For Robots and Autonomous Vehicles
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DARPA Wants to Install Transcranial Ultrasonic Mind Control Devices in Soldiers’ Helmets
Immortalize Yourself In Music: Have Your Remains Pressed As a Vinyl Record
South Africa’s Soundproof Stadium For the World Cup
New Software Processor Can Transcribe Music From Any Performance
Sound Bullets Inspired By Newton’s Cradle Could Sink Subs, Pummel Underground Bunkers, Destroy Tumors
Artificial Intelligence Brings Musicians Back From the Dead, Allowing All-Stars of All Time to Jam
Acoustic Metamaterials Could Make Ultra-Thin, Ultra-Effective Noise-Cancelling Panels
First Acoustic Hyperlens Boosts Power of Ultrasound and Sonar
Three Incredibly Creative Musical Flamethrowers
Fungus-Infected Violin Beats Stradivarius in Listening Test
ISS’s New Reactor Uses Sound Waves to To Form Materials Attainable Only In Space
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