Scopes Monkey Choir

Episode 64: Nano-ear, Sky Noises, Voice Glove We’re now part of the science360 network! [edit: no we’re not, anymore] .. The nano-ear makes some headway. .. Edmonton sky noises: admitted hoax. .. Voiceglove. Gesturally Realized Audio, Speech and Song Performance (GRASSP). These folks are doing all sorts of interesting things.

Episode 65: Muscles, Headphone Death, Swedish Death Athlete’s muscle advantage. ———————————— Headphone death has tripled. (coverage, paper) http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2012/120118headphones http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/early/2012/01/03/injuryprev-2011-040161.short?g=w_injuryprevention_ahead_tab Headphone sales have been rising. (one, two) http://www.whathifi.com/blog/the-year-of-the-headphone-2009-hi-fi-and-av-sales-figures-revealed http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2011/03/05/even-with-album-sales-falling-headphone-sales-are-.aspx Approximately four people per year die in roller coaster related accidents in the USA. http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/11/5/309.abstract ———————————— Umea University. http://www.phmed.umu.se/english/?languageId=1 Attending a concert is healthier than attending church? Hmmm… … Continue reading 65: Muscles, Headphone Death, Swedish Death

Episode 66: Yellowstone Sky Noises — 7 days ago Yellowstone “lake music.” http://www.yellowstonegate.com/2012/02/no-explanation-for-mysterious-lake-music-reported-by-many-yellowstone-visitors/ Travel Channel video. http://www.travelchannel.com/video/yellowstones-whispering-lake-16126 http://books.google.com/books?id=fd4DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=yellowstone+lake+whispers&source=bl&ots=G3DnFYNX-a&sig=1MTv5e6F-EYcH6TeXxMyC0DLTN0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ZSRQT92SOoba0QHBqsDoDQ&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=yellowstone%20lake%20whispers&f=false OLD DAYS biologist Edwin Linton journal Science write up, 1893 — TODAY Many of today’s “interpretations” are hyperbole overload. (one, two, three, four) http://www.museumoftheweird.com/2012/02/28/mystery-music-floats-through-yellowstone/ http://endtimesrevelations.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/no-explanation-for-mysterious-lake-music-reported-by-many-yellowstone-visitors/ http://www.unexplainable.net/Ghost-Paranormal/The-Whispering-Skies-Over-Yellowstone-Lake.shtml http://spiritualphilosophyandpractice.com/showthread.php?2495-No-explanation-for-mysterious-%91lake-music%92-reported-by-many-Yellowstone-visitors   — the more people come, the fewer reports there are … Continue reading 66: Yellowstone Sky Noises

Episode 67: Spider Silk Violin, AV Fakeout Violin Strings made with spider silk. (coverage w audio, paper) .. The mood of music may literally alter what you see. (coverage, paper)

Episode 68: Interview – Glass on Einstein on the Beach (1) Part one of Hai-Ting’s interview with Philip Glass. Discussed: Albert Einstein, Robeilson, Einstein on the Beach – current tour

Episode 75A: World Science Festival 2012 – Icarus, Levar A report from the opening night of the World Science Festival 2012. Icarus at the Edge of Time. And we meet LeVar Burton.

Episode 76: My Dinner With Physicists .. Hai-Ting, in Toronto at the Luminato Festival, has dinner with Lee Smolin, Robert Spekkens, Hector Bombin, Peter Hatch, and Carlos Tamarit from the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.

Episode 72: New Work on the Language/Music Nexus Part I — All about the latest issue of Frontiers in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience http://www.frontiersin.org/Auditory_Cognitive_Neuroscience/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00123/full — Aphasia and MIT. (Paper) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2780359/

Episode 75B: World Science Festival 2012 – Final Report A report from the end of the World Science Festival 2012. Jim Fallon’s TED talk.

Episode 71: Stroh violin The Stroh violin http://historywired.si.edu/object.cfm?ID=46 is the brand name of a kinda of phonofiddle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonofiddle .   Bennett & Williams play two “phonofiddles.” http://youtu.be/gjNIJoIz9V0   A modern Strohcello. http://youtu.be/S6bNKmjw2Fk Pic of romanian horn-violin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Horn-violin_%28also_called_trumpet-violin%29_with_its_%28normal%29_violin_bow.jpg