[ISSUE16] SOUND
- Sound exists all around us, although we may not be paying attention. For instance, the twitter of a bird and the babbling of a brook. Many of us have distanced ourselves from these sounds born of nature, as we opt for a life in the cities, surrounded and inundated by artificial sounds. There is music and audio guides playing in train stations and commercial facilities, acoustic signals at crosswalks, and a myriad of noises that home appliances make. The sounds and music that one may find soothing may be nothing but noise to another. Thus, there is a need for designing universally acceptable sounds. In this edition, we introduce the researchers actively pursuing the mysteries of sound, seeking to discover the true nature of sound that fills our world, and working to design sound that will enrich our lives in the future.
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Controlling Sound and Cancelling Noise
- IWAI Kenta, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, College of Information Science and Engineering
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Sound changes perception of movements and vision
- NAGAI Masayoshi, Ph.D.Professor, College of Comprehensive Psychology
- YAMASAKI Daiki, Ph.D.Project Researcher, Research Organization of Open Innovation & Collaboration; JSPS Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- SUZUKI YusukeDoctor’s program student, Graduate School of Human Science; JSPS Doctoral Course Student (DC), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
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Underwater acoustic communication is the key to oceanic development
- KUBO Hiroshi, Ph.D.Professor, College of Science and Engineering
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A Robotic Auditory Sense That Detects Crises in Shouts and Screams
- FUKUMORI Takahiro, Ph.D.Lecturer, College of Information Science and Engineering
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Why do most automated voice guidance systems use a female voice?
- SAKATA Kenji, Ph.D.Professor, College of Social Sciences