Posts Tagged ‘physics of sound’



Vibrating Strings

Friday, August 14th, 2015

When sound is presented in Physics terms, a tensioned string is often used to illustrate the principle of sound as vibration. Here’s a more dynamic way of presenting that very premise…
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Slow Bass Reverses Time

Monday, October 15th, 2012

Using some physics trickery, it’s possible to create the illusion of water flowing backwards by running it in front of a subwoofer speaker, as shown in this no-frills video demonstration…
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Noise Cancellation Is Moving Ahead

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

The science of noise cancellation is actually quite a recent development, but the iPod generation seems to have incited headphone makers to invest heavily in such technology. It’s not only headphones that are making (and breaking) waves though…
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