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  1. Dear engineers, I know there's something called an acoustic lens, but so far what I could find points to lenses that are used to spread out or disperse sound from a speaker.

    I've seen someone demonstrate that just a regular party balloon is in itself an acoustic lens.

    I'm wondering if there has been any research in developing acoustic telescop... telephone.. darn it, the words don't want to cooperate!

    Sonic zoom - can we?

    #sound #engineering #acoustics #lens

  2. Dear engineers, I know there's something called an acoustic lens, but so far what I could find points to lenses that are used to spread out or disperse sound from a speaker.

    I've seen someone demonstrate that just a regular party balloon is in itself an acoustic lens.

    I'm wondering if there has been any research in developing acoustic telescop... telephone.. darn it, the words don't want to cooperate!

    Sonic zoom - can we?

    #sound #engineering #acoustics #lens

  3. Im Oktober organisieren wir einen kleinen Löt und Fieldrecording Workshop in Bad Schandau.
    Ich freu mich schon drauf, muss mich aber ordentlich drauf vorbereiten, weil lange nicht mehr gemacht und gebaut.

    landschafftsound.org/2026-10-2

    #sound #fieldrecording #nature #workshop #underwater #acoustics #hydrophone #elbe #badschandau

  4. Im Oktober organisieren wir einen kleinen Löt und Fieldrecording Workshop in Bad Schandau.
    Ich freu mich schon drauf, muss mich aber ordentlich drauf vorbereiten, weil lange nicht mehr gemacht und gebaut.

    landschafftsound.org/2026-10-2

    #sound #fieldrecording #nature #workshop #underwater #acoustics #hydrophone #elbe #badschandau

  5. Im Oktober organisieren wir einen kleinen Löt und Fieldrecording Workshop in Bad Schandau.
    Ich freu mich schon drauf, muss mich aber ordentlich drauf vorbereiten, weil lange nicht mehr gemacht und gebaut.

    landschafftsound.org/2026-10-2

    #sound #fieldrecording #nature #workshop #underwater #acoustics #hydrophone #elbe #badschandau

  6. Im Oktober organisieren wir einen kleinen Löt und Fieldrecording Workshop in Bad Schandau.
    Ich freu mich schon drauf, muss mich aber ordentlich drauf vorbereiten, weil lange nicht mehr gemacht und gebaut.

    landschafftsound.org/2026-10-2

    #sound #fieldrecording #nature #workshop #underwater #acoustics #hydrophone #elbe #badschandau

  7. Im Oktober organisieren wir einen kleinen Löt und Fieldrecording Workshop in Bad Schandau.
    Ich freu mich schon drauf, muss mich aber ordentlich drauf vorbereiten, weil lange nicht mehr gemacht und gebaut.

    landschafftsound.org/2026-10-2

    #sound #fieldrecording #nature #workshop #underwater #acoustics #hydrophone #elbe #badschandau

  8. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 📢🔊 An Australian town crier broke a 30-year shouting record with a 122.4-decibel cry of “now,” edging past the previous 121.7-decibel record held by a Northern Irish teacher since 1994.

    The 58-year-old #Canberra air conditioner cleaner and honorary town crier attempted the word seven times before securing the Guinness World Record.

    👉 zmescience.com/other/offbeat-o

    #decibels #sound #acoustics #worldrecord #science #physics #australia #hearing

  9. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 📢🔊 An Australian town crier broke a 30-year shouting record with a 122.4-decibel cry of “now,” edging past the previous 121.7-decibel record held by a Northern Irish teacher since 1994.

    The 58-year-old #Canberra air conditioner cleaner and honorary town crier attempted the word seven times before securing the Guinness World Record.

    👉 zmescience.com/other/offbeat-o

    #decibels #sound #acoustics #worldrecord #science #physics #australia #hearing

  10. Tom’s Hardware: Acoustic mapping app uses thousands of networked old Android phones to hunt Shahed drones — crowd-sourced microphone network spots small, low-RCS military targets. “A Lithuanian startup developed an Android app that lets verified users monitor the general area for the acoustic signature of Shahed-type drones used by Russia to strike targets and report their approximate […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/22/toms-hardware-acoustic-mapping-app-uses-thousands-of-networked-old-android-phones-to-hunt-shahed-drones-crowd-sourced-microphone-network-spots-small-low-rcs-military-targets/
  11. Tom’s Hardware: Acoustic mapping app uses thousands of networked old Android phones to hunt Shahed drones — crowd-sourced microphone network spots small, low-RCS military targets. “A Lithuanian startup developed an Android app that lets verified users monitor the general area for the acoustic signature of Shahed-type drones used by Russia to strike targets and report their approximate […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/22/toms-hardware-acoustic-mapping-app-uses-thousands-of-networked-old-android-phones-to-hunt-shahed-drones-crowd-sourced-microphone-network-spots-small-low-rcs-military-targets/
  12. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 👂🔊 For decades, people worldwide have reported hearing a mysterious low-frequency drone, often described as a distant idling diesel engine.

    Researchers studied 28 people who regularly hear this #sound, known as The Hum. Their conclusion published in PLOS ONE: It may be low-frequency #tinnitus – the #brain creating the perception of a sound that isn’t there.

    👉 scitechdaily.com/scientists-ma

    #science #hearing #ears #acoustics #biology #physics #research #norway #germany #health

  13. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 👂🔊 For decades, people worldwide have reported hearing a mysterious low-frequency drone, often described as a distant idling diesel engine.

    Researchers studied 28 people who regularly hear this #sound, known as The Hum. Their conclusion published in PLOS ONE: It may be low-frequency #tinnitus – the #brain creating the perception of a sound that isn’t there.

    👉 scitechdaily.com/scientists-ma

    #science #hearing #ears #acoustics #biology #physics #research #norway #germany #health

  14. Infrasound Fire Suppression Goes Commercial

    Sprinklers have long been the go-to fire protection for commercial properties and some residences. Dousing a fire in water not only puts out the flames but cools the surroundings and helps prevent reignition. But it requires complicated infrastructure and can damage buildings and their contents. Back in 2015, students were experimenting with an alternative fire extinguisher that used sound below the range of human hearing; now a company is pitching a version of that technology for replacing sprinklers.

    As described by Ars Technica, this infrasound system can detect and put out a small kitchen fire in under a minute. But fire fighting experts warn that there’s a big difference between a fire small enough for a fire extinguisher to handle and the kinds of fires sprinklers put out. With lives at stake, the burden of proof is significant for Sonic Fire Tech and any other company that wants to get their infrasound “sprinkler” system cleared for use in buildings. (Image credit: I. Azevedo; via Ars Technica)

    #acoustics #civilInfrastructure #combustion #fire #fluidDynamics #infrasound #physics #science #soundWaves
  15. Infrasound Fire Suppression Goes Commercial

    Sprinklers have long been the go-to fire protection for commercial properties and some residences. Dousing a fire in water not only puts out the flames but cools the surroundings and helps prevent reignition. But it requires complicated infrastructure and can damage buildings and their contents. Back in 2015, students were experimenting with an alternative fire extinguisher that used sound below the range of human hearing; now a company is pitching a version of that technology for replacing sprinklers.

    As described by Ars Technica, this infrasound system can detect and put out a small kitchen fire in under a minute. But fire fighting experts warn that there’s a big difference between a fire small enough for a fire extinguisher to handle and the kinds of fires sprinklers put out. With lives at stake, the burden of proof is significant for Sonic Fire Tech and any other company that wants to get their infrasound “sprinkler” system cleared for use in buildings. (Image credit: I. Azevedo; via Ars Technica)

    #acoustics #civilInfrastructure #combustion #fire #fluidDynamics #infrasound #physics #science #soundWaves
  16. Infrasound Fire Suppression Goes Commercial

    Sprinklers have long been the go-to fire protection for commercial properties and some residences. Dousing a fire in water not only puts out the flames but cools the surroundings and helps prevent reignition. But it requires complicated infrastructure and can damage buildings and their contents. Back in 2015, students were experimenting with an alternative fire extinguisher that used sound below the range of human hearing; now a company is pitching a version of that technology for replacing sprinklers.

    As described by Ars Technica, this infrasound system can detect and put out a small kitchen fire in under a minute. But fire fighting experts warn that there’s a big difference between a fire small enough for a fire extinguisher to handle and the kinds of fires sprinklers put out. With lives at stake, the burden of proof is significant for Sonic Fire Tech and any other company that wants to get their infrasound “sprinkler” system cleared for use in buildings. (Image credit: I. Azevedo; via Ars Technica)

    #acoustics #civilInfrastructure #combustion #fire #fluidDynamics #infrasound #physics #science #soundWaves
  17. Infrasound Fire Suppression Goes Commercial

    Sprinklers have long been the go-to fire protection for commercial properties and some residences. Dousing a fire in water not only puts out the flames but cools the surroundings and helps prevent reignition. But it requires complicated infrastructure and can damage buildings and their contents. Back in 2015, students were experimenting with an alternative fire extinguisher that used sound below the range of human hearing; now a company is pitching a version of that technology for replacing sprinklers.

    As described by Ars Technica, this infrasound system can detect and put out a small kitchen fire in under a minute. But fire fighting experts warn that there’s a big difference between a fire small enough for a fire extinguisher to handle and the kinds of fires sprinklers put out. With lives at stake, the burden of proof is significant for Sonic Fire Tech and any other company that wants to get their infrasound “sprinkler” system cleared for use in buildings. (Image credit: I. Azevedo; via Ars Technica)

    #acoustics #civilInfrastructure #combustion #fire #fluidDynamics #infrasound #physics #science #soundWaves
  18. Infrasound Fire Suppression Goes Commercial

    Sprinklers have long been the go-to fire protection for commercial properties and some residences. Dousing a fire in water not only puts out the flames but cools the surroundings and helps prevent reignition. But it requires complicated infrastructure and can damage buildings and their contents. Back in 2015, students were experimenting with an alternative fire extinguisher that used sound below the range of human hearing; now a company is pitching a version of that technology for replacing sprinklers.

    As described by Ars Technica, this infrasound system can detect and put out a small kitchen fire in under a minute. But fire fighting experts warn that there’s a big difference between a fire small enough for a fire extinguisher to handle and the kinds of fires sprinklers put out. With lives at stake, the burden of proof is significant for Sonic Fire Tech and any other company that wants to get their infrasound “sprinkler” system cleared for use in buildings. (Image credit: I. Azevedo; via Ars Technica)

    #acoustics #civilInfrastructure #combustion #fire #fluidDynamics #infrasound #physics #science #soundWaves
  19. Let's settle the debate with actual data: Women's voices register as louder and sharper than men's voices.

    If you look closely at the science, it is a perfect cross section of physics, anatomy, and neurology.

    1. The Anatomy and Vocal Cord Physics: On average, a woman’s vocal cords are shorter and thinner, measuring around 12 to 17 mm, while a man’s measure 17 to 25 mm. Because they have less mass, they vibrate much faster, roughly 200 times per second compared to a man's 120 times. This creates a significantly higher fundamental frequency and pitch.
    2. The Acoustic Physics and Intensity: Higher frequencies possess shorter wavelengths. In a closed room or crowd, these shorter wavelengths do not bend or dissipate around objects easily. Instead, they pierce straight through background noise with crisp intensity.
    3. The Neurological Proof and Ear Sensitivity: This is the ultimate kicker. The human ear canal is shaped like a natural acoustic amplifier tuned specifically to boost sounds between 2000 and 5000 Hz. Evolutionary biology designed our brains to be hypersensitive to this exact range so humans could hear a baby's cry or an alert from afar. A woman's vocal upper harmonics land right in this biological sweet spot.

    So, it is not just a guess. Human biology and physics are literally hardwired to amplify a woman's voice over a man's.

    #Science #Acoustics #HumanBiology #PhysicsOfSound #BrainScience #Fediverse #DeepDive #Facts

  20. Let's settle the debate with actual data: Women's voices register as louder and sharper than men's voices.

    If you look closely at the science, it is a perfect cross section of physics, anatomy, and neurology.

    1. The Anatomy and Vocal Cord Physics: On average, a woman’s vocal cords are shorter and thinner, measuring around 12 to 17 mm, while a man’s measure 17 to 25 mm. Because they have less mass, they vibrate much faster, roughly 200 times per second compared to a man's 120 times. This creates a significantly higher fundamental frequency and pitch.
    2. The Acoustic Physics and Intensity: Higher frequencies possess shorter wavelengths. In a closed room or crowd, these shorter wavelengths do not bend or dissipate around objects easily. Instead, they pierce straight through background noise with crisp intensity.
    3. The Neurological Proof and Ear Sensitivity: This is the ultimate kicker. The human ear canal is shaped like a natural acoustic amplifier tuned specifically to boost sounds between 2000 and 5000 Hz. Evolutionary biology designed our brains to be hypersensitive to this exact range so humans could hear a baby's cry or an alert from afar. A woman's vocal upper harmonics land right in this biological sweet spot.

    So, it is not just a guess. Human biology and physics are literally hardwired to amplify a woman's voice over a man's.

    #Science #Acoustics #HumanBiology #PhysicsOfSound #BrainScience #Fediverse #DeepDive #Facts

  21. The Geometry of Noise: Sound Waves Distort Under Intensity

    New research from May 20, 2026, explains how sound waves distort at high volumes. Learn why high-intensity noise changes the way we hear and process sound.

    #scienceupdate, #acoustics, #soundwaves, #physicsnews, #hearinghealth

    newsletter.tf/sound-waves-dist

  22. Scientists found that sound waves change shape when they are louder than 160 dB. This is different from the old theory that sound always stays the same.

    #scienceupdate, #acoustics, #soundwaves, #physicsnews, #hearinghealth
    newsletter.tf/sound-waves-dist

  23. Bats Manipulate Acoustic Reality to Nullify Background Noise

    Japanese horseshoe bats create silent frequency zones to hear prey better. Study shows how they filter noise for hunting.

    #BatScience, #AnimalBehavior, #Acoustics, #DoshishaUniversity, #NatureStudy

    newsletter.tf/bats-create-sile

  24. The physics of how Olympic weightlifters exploit barbell’s “whip“

    The type of bar matters when it comes to how it bends and recoils, but why is still a mystery.

    Archive: ia: s.faithcollapsing.com/2axqr

    #acoustics #physics #science #sports #sports-science
    arstechnica.com/science/2026/0

  25. The physics of how Olympic weightlifters exploit barbell’s “whip“

    The type of bar matters when it comes to how it bends and recoils, but why is still a mystery.

    Archive: ia: s.faithcollapsing.com/2axqr

    #acoustics #physics #science #sports #sports-science
    arstechnica.com/science/2026/0

  26. 🏴‍☠️🎶 Psychologists explain that the steady beat of #sea shanties functioned as a biological metronome for sailors. The rhythmic coordination allowed groups to time their physical efforts while creating a shared experience that reduced #stress during difficult labor.

    👉 popsci.com/science/sea-shantie

    #psychology #biology #music #history #science #neuroscience #sociology #anthropology #acoustics #research

  27. 🏴‍☠️🎶 Psychologists explain that the steady beat of #sea shanties functioned as a biological metronome for sailors. The rhythmic coordination allowed groups to time their physical efforts while creating a shared experience that reduced #stress during difficult labor.

    👉 popsci.com/science/sea-shantie

    #psychology #biology #music #history #science #neuroscience #sociology #anthropology #acoustics #research

  28. Am 25.05.2026 plane ich eine Mischung aus Soundwalk und Vogelsitmmenführung gemeinsam mit der GERÄSCHKULISSE in Dresden.

    Wer gerne dabei sein mag schreibt eine Mail an [email protected]

    Ich freu mich.

    geraeuschkulisse.org/de/events

    #soundwalk #birding #Dresden #sound #nature #listening #acoustics

  29. Am 25.05.2026 plane ich eine Mischung aus Soundwalk und Vogelsitmmenführung gemeinsam mit der GERÄSCHKULISSE in Dresden.

    Wer gerne dabei sein mag schreibt eine Mail an [email protected]

    Ich freu mich.

    geraeuschkulisse.org/de/events

    #soundwalk #birding #Dresden #sound #nature #listening #acoustics

  30. Inside an Ear

    Our ears, like those of many other animals, convert mechanical signals to electrical ones, through a Rube-Goldberg-esque series of transformations. External sound waves make their way down the soft tube of the ear canal, which funnels them to a thin-walled cone, the eardrum, that’s about half as large as a dime. Here, the vibrating air pushes against the cone’s membrane, and those vibrations travel onward through a linked trio of small bones that amplify the vibration’s amplitude.

    The last of these bones presses against an even smaller, oval-shaped membrane. As the bone moves, it shakes the membrane, sending waves through the liquid on its other side. Those waves travel down the spirals of the tiny, pea-sized cochlea, named for a snail shell’s shape. As the waves move through the liquid, they bend bundles of hair-like strands back and forth, like tall grass waving in a breeze. The bending triggers a chemical that binds to nerves at the base of the bundles, sending an electrical signal through the nerve and into the brain.

    But the hair-like bundles, known as stereocilia, are also able to amplify incoming vibrations. In this case, the bundles in the outer portion of the cochlea expend energy to bend more than the incoming vibrations naturally make them move. This bending amplifies the fluid motion that gets transmitted to stereocilia further down the line; it’s those bundles that will make the final conversion to an electrical signal the brain receives. (Image credit: B. Kachar; research credit: Y. Thipmaungprom et al.; via APS)

    Scanning electron microscope view of the stereocilia “hair bundles” inside a frog’s inner ear. #acoustics #biology #cilia #fluidDynamics #physics #science #vibration
  31. Inside an Ear

    Our ears, like those of many other animals, convert mechanical signals to electrical ones, through a Rube-Goldberg-esque series of transformations. External sound waves make their way down the soft tube of the ear canal, which funnels them to a thin-walled cone, the eardrum, that’s about half as large as a dime. Here, the vibrating air pushes against the cone’s membrane, and those vibrations travel onward through a linked trio of small bones that amplify the vibration’s amplitude.

    The last of these bones presses against an even smaller, oval-shaped membrane. As the bone moves, it shakes the membrane, sending waves through the liquid on its other side. Those waves travel down the spirals of the tiny, pea-sized cochlea, named for a snail shell’s shape. As the waves move through the liquid, they bend bundles of hair-like strands back and forth, like tall grass waving in a breeze. The bending triggers a chemical that binds to nerves at the base of the bundles, sending an electrical signal through the nerve and into the brain.

    But the hair-like bundles, known as stereocilia, are also able to amplify incoming vibrations. In this case, the bundles in the outer portion of the cochlea expend energy to bend more than the incoming vibrations naturally make them move. This bending amplifies the fluid motion that gets transmitted to stereocilia further down the line; it’s those bundles that will make the final conversion to an electrical signal the brain receives. (Image credit: B. Kachar; research credit: Y. Thipmaungprom et al.; via APS)

    Scanning electron microscope view of the stereocilia “hair bundles” inside a frog’s inner ear. #acoustics #biology #cilia #fluidDynamics #physics #science #vibration
  32. MIT News: MIT engineers’ virtual violin produces realistic sounds. “While there are software programs and plug-ins that enable users to play around with virtual violins, their sounds are typically the result of sampling and averaging over thousands of notes played by actual violins. In contrast, the new computational violin takes a physics-based approach: It produces sound based on the way […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/30/mit-news-mit-engineers-virtual-violin-produces-realistic-sounds/
  33. MIT News: MIT engineers’ virtual violin produces realistic sounds. “While there are software programs and plug-ins that enable users to play around with virtual violins, their sounds are typically the result of sampling and averaging over thousands of notes played by actual violins. In contrast, the new computational violin takes a physics-based approach: It produces sound based on the way […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/30/mit-news-mit-engineers-virtual-violin-produces-realistic-sounds/
  34. @_thegeoff @gahlord

    Yes, anti-resonance (aka damping, or spectral zeroes) is defo a thing in acoustics. It can be conceived of as a freq component travelling in the opposite direction from the direction in which the main wave is travelling, thus subtracting from energy in that freq.

    #acoustics

  35. @_thegeoff @gahlord

    Yes, anti-resonance (aka damping, or spectral zeroes) is defo a thing in acoustics. It can be conceived of as a freq component travelling in the opposite direction from the direction in which the main wave is travelling, thus subtracting from energy in that freq.

    #acoustics

  36. 🌱🔈 #Tomato and #tobacco plants produce high-frequency clicks when stressed by dehydration or physical injury.

    These ultrasonic #sounds reach volumes comparable to human speech but remain inaudible to people. #Research suggests that air #bubbles forming and popping within the #plant vascular system create these #acoustic signals.

    👉 scitechdaily.com/scientists-di

    #botany #science #plants #biology #nature #agriculture #acoustics #environment #learning

  37. 🌱🔈 #Tomato and #tobacco plants produce high-frequency clicks when stressed by dehydration or physical injury.

    These ultrasonic #sounds reach volumes comparable to human speech but remain inaudible to people. #Research suggests that air #bubbles forming and popping within the #plant vascular system create these #acoustic signals.

    👉 scitechdaily.com/scientists-di

    #botany #science #plants #biology #nature #agriculture #acoustics #environment #learning

  38. CW: mentalhealth

    Study: Infrasound likely a key factor in alleged hauntings

    Low-frequency infrasound ❲below 20 Hz❳ can raise cortisol levels in saliva and increase irritability.

    #acoustics #behavioral-neuroscience #debunking #ghosts #haunted-house #infrasound #paranormal #psychology #science
    arstechnica.com/science/2026/0

  39. CW: mentalhealth

    Study: Infrasound likely a key factor in alleged hauntings

    Low-frequency infrasound ❲below 20 Hz❳ can raise cortisol levels in saliva and increase irritability.

    #acoustics #behavioral-neuroscience #debunking #ghosts #haunted-house #infrasound #paranormal #psychology #science
    arstechnica.com/science/2026/0

  40. Air gaps don't stop sound.

    USAT (Ultrasonic Sub-Audible Trojan) — acoustic covert channel operating at 17–22kHz, inaudible, cross-device, no physical access required.

    Full research: researchgate.net/publication/404012350

    #infosec #redteam #airgap #sidechannel #acoustics #research