Myth Information: Is Human Hearing That Mysterious?
This is a post about human hearing, technology, science writing, and internet services. Have you ever wondered how persistent myths
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The Zombie MP3
This is an interesting article from NPR, not just for the content on how better alternatives to the MP3 lossy
Read moreHunter and Biosonar — Again
The Discovery Institute featured a post by Cornelius Hunter on how echolocation (biosonar) is a problem for evolution. This has
Read moreRepeating the Message: Evidence of Multiple Sound Sources in the Bottlenose Dolphin
A colleague of mine called me this evening to recount a disturbing incident at the Effects of Noise on Aquatic
Read moreMarine Mammals: The Smithsonian Magazine Talks About NOC
Disclosure: I am a researcher who worked with NOC at the US Navy Marine Mammal Program. Smithsonian Magazine ran an
Read moreGetting to an Inexpensive Audio Datalogger
Well, I spent my Saturday morning programming a C# application for Windows Mobile 5 to periodically record audio. I was
Read moreNot Everything is Easy in the Land of Raspberry Pi
I had the chance to work with my Raspberry Pi some more late last night and this morning. Quite a
Read moreRaspberry Pi First Run
I checked the UPS tracking number periodically today. My Raspberry Pi was marked as delivered at about 2:30 today. When
Read morePersonal Research and the Budget
Diane and I are working on a personal project to put together an acoustic sampling system that could yield information
Read morePython and the STFT
I’ve been going through biosonar data and while the SciPy specgram method is serviceable, I was interested in a short-time
Read moreSome Data Analysis and Visualization
As noted here before, I’m working through refreshing archived data, mostly from CD-ROM media. I’ve run into a whole batch
Read moreThe Weekend
I don’t know what other people got up to this weekend, but mine has been pretty well filled with computing
Read moreMultiple Sound Sources in the Bottlenose Dolphin
It’s been a long time coming, but the paper on evidence for multiple sound sources in the bottlenose dolphin appears
Read moreCool Acoustics Product: Tern Micro GR4
I occasionally check out the Tern Micro website. They are manufacturers of controllers and expansion boards for embedded applications. Their
Read morePlotting a Dolphin Biosonar Click Train
I’ve been busy recently doing up figures for a paper on dolphin biosonar. One of the figures we ended up
Read moreListening to Snapping Shrimp
I’m working on setting up a citizen scientist project to document where snapping shrimp (family Alpheidae) are active pre- and
Read moreBeaked Whale Stranding in the Azores
This came across MARMAM just now. Subject: [MARMAM] Six Beaked Whales stranded in Azores (URGENT) From: “marc fernandez” Date: Sat,
Read moreAcoustics Blooper in NCIS
I saw the NCIS episode “One Shot, One Kill” and noticed a blooper in the show. Maybe that’s not that
Read moreSirenian International Goes Sociable
Sirenian International, a manatee conservation and public outreach organization, now has a Facebook group. SI also has a field course
Read moreBiosonar Turns Waspish
Nature (7228, p.361) had notice of an article in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (96, 82-102, 2009) that demonstrates
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