We highlighted the very interesting Sonic Wonders initiative several years ago when Professor Trevor Cox initiated the website which provides a guide and reference for sonic wonders around the world.However with technology advancing so fast, allowing us to record and film on everyday devices with much higher quality than before and these devices tend to […]
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Key International Acoustic Conferences in 2014
Here are some of the most significant International acoustic conferences coming up in 2014…. If you are hoping to present, abstracts need to be in soon for ICBEN & BNAM!ICBEN 2014, the 11th International Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem, will be held in Nara, Japan from 1-5th June. The Congress is co-organized […]
If Music Is the Architect – Concert halls and acoustics
An interesting article on the nature of concert halls and the role acoustics plays within them. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/22/arts/if-music-is-the-architect.html?pagewanted=all&src;=pm
Clean Industry magazine now online
ECO for sustainable design- Clean Industry, aims to deal with the subject of sustainable design beyond an aesthetic angle to focus on the practical aspects also– concentrating on function, people and on their wellbeing.It’s purpose is to raise awarness about the value of good acoustics accompanied by other useful information and advice for making or […]
Acoustics a topic at TEDx France
On Saturday October 5th, a TEDx-event will be held in La Rochelle, France. Acoustic Bulletin is proud to announce that this event will feature a presentation on the importance of good acoustics for people. The presentation will be held by Yoan Le-Muet, who recently presented the paper “Combining thermally activated cooling technology and high acoustic […]
The sound or noise of church bells!
The bells at a Liskeard church in United Kingdom are affecting the peace and quiet of the town. People complain that the bells are rung too often and are too loud – some 85 decibels. Church leaders counterattack and say the regular rhythmic chimes help make Liskeard special. It seems that church bells are not […]
INTERNOISE 2013 in Innsbruck – my reflections!
Innsbruck river view. INTERNOISE 2013 in Innsbruck, Austria, took place recently (15-18th September) and indeed was a positive experience on many levels. (See previous posting!) Many great acoustic sessions, related expert meetings, meeting both new and old acquaintances from all over the globe, new and updated insights and knowledge – and of course, a lot […]
Are you going to Internoise 2013 in Austria?
Starting on Sunday the 15-18th September, INTER-NOISE 2013, the 42nd International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering, will be held at the International Congress Centre in Innsbruck, Austria. The theme of the congress is Noise Control for Quality of Life and it is sponsored by the International Institute of Noise Control Engineering (I-INCE), and […]
How we listen is related to our brain activity
Photo: Hear-it.org Researchers Molly Henry and Jonas Obleser from the Max Planck Institute in Germany have discovered that our hearing depends on the exact timing of our brain’s rhythms. According to an article in Hear-it.org our hearing ability, behaviour and perception changes due to different environmental rythyms which in turn influence the way we listen. […]
Video interview with sound book author Anders Mildner
Anders Mildner, a Swedish musician, journalist and author, has written a nice and accessible book about sound (currently only available in Swedish), and it headlines the London blackbird that rose to fame as it sounded just like an ambulance. Acoustic Bulletin met up with Anders in his office – and made a film where he […]
