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Alarms and Sirens
Listening to stars twinkle
How does auto-tune pitch correction work?
Enigma of the Singing Dunes
Could we ever go back in time?
What is superposition?
The rise and fall of voice
Keep your ears peeled
How do speakers work?
How do no-fly zones work?
Weird rainbows
Time Twins
Windbelt - Reinventing wind power
Are we really all made of stardust?
The Radioactive Orchestra
A brief history of space
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Showing 11 - 20 of 164
Art Ludwigs Sound page.
A very detailed site about sounds and acoustics, using the authors room as a case study.
Hits: 1413
Faster than sound
Describes the early attempts to break the sound barrier. Includes descriptions, information, including the latest attempts to beat speed records on land, water and in the air.
Hits: 1121
Sound of gas - Marvin and Milo
A Marvin and Milo activity about speed of sound. All you need is an effervescent indigestion tablet, small glass bottle and water.
Hits: 19
Sounds Amazing
A nice site designed to help students to understand sound and waves, very well presented. There are acoustic and audio related web demonstrations and experiments.
Hits: 3646
Moving Point source: Doppler effect and shock wave
An animation to illustrate the propagation of sound waves from a moving source. You can modify the wave speed, the source speed and wavelength.
Hits: 1737
Energy in the Air: Sounds from the Orchestra
Explores the music made by a symphony orchestra, with historical facts, several sound samples and illustrations for each instrument group.
Hits: 2486
Voice Acoustics: an introduction
A comprehensive article explaining how the voice works, looking at how different parts of the body absorb certain sounds to how sound is created by the vocal chords.
Hits: 270
Quality and timbre
Sound "quality" or "timbre" describes those characteristics which allow the ear to distinguish sounds which have the same pitch and loudness.
Hits: 1563
Play a Piano / Synthesizer / Oscilloscope
This virtual reality Java piano lets you play the piano and have a little fun while learning the relationship between the sounds, music theory, musical scales, and the underlying math and physics of ...
Hits: 2739
Speed of light
Info on the speed of light, and how quickly it travels through water, air or diamond. Also contains a good overview of historical measurements of the speed of light.
Hits: 1443
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