Tag: audio

Agression Detection

an application of the sound detection technology where the system is set to detect verbal aggression. As soon as the sound contains the indicators of aggression, a signal is sent which can be used e.g. to activate the nearest observation camera.

Acoustic Planetology

Imagine listening to babbling brooks of methane on Titan, or hearing deep thunder booming through Venus’s dense, noxious atmosphere.

Google Earth Sounds

up to 24 sounds would be showcased at first, but many more would be added later.

meanwhile, there all these audiotagging projects that never really took off. not so easy to properly record truly ambient sounds that are characteristic.

Google Voice Local Search

if you are one of those sad humans depending on a phone, this might be for you.

Opera Calling

an artistic intervention into the cultural system of the Zurich Opera. By means of a audio-bug placed within the auditorium of the local opera house, the outside public is given access to the performances on stage.

Byzantine Rulers

awesomely produced audio lectures

Doubling Hearing Aid Functionality

cochlear implants with wireless speakers are currently only for the hearing-impaired, but that does not have to be the case, imho. maybe audiophiles will be the first cyborgs 😉

Google Radio Ads

interesting, but not as self-serve as adwords. after all, you can hardly click together the audio ad itself.

As mentioned, the first beta test campaigns recently launched, and you may have already heard these advertisers’ ads while driving to work or listening to the radio at home. The beta launch may leave you wondering when you will be able to use Google Audio Ads for your own radio campaigns? Well, while we haven’t set a date yet for when the product will be more widely released, one thing is certain: Inside AdWords blog readers will be among the first to know.

Michigan digitization project

Google sped up the effort ~350x, to ~1.5M volumes/y. in ~5 years, the effort will be complete.

Deep sound channel

permanent feature of the deep ocean in which sound propagates for very long distances with little attenuation. It is a very important factor in submarine warfare.