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Cold Snaps and Sound Waves: Atmospheric Acoustics
Weather plays a big role in atmospheric acoustics, at times changing the way sound travels in dramatic ways. Meteorologists get a bad rap with the uncertainty…
February 15, 2022
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COVID Equipment: Low-Noise Strategies
The main reason my lamp is so quiet is the actual source of electricity is far away from me, and there is no power generation happening…
January 12, 2022
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Commercial Access Controls
How do we at Acentech design security systems to ensure physical safety and fail-proof security? Here are several examples and some of our top design criteria:…
September 10, 2021
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Hearing the Forest for the Trees: Foliage Acoustics and Green Noise Barriers
Aside from the popular philosophical question asking if a tree falling in a forest makes a sound, the most common arboreal inquiry I get as an…
September 10, 2021
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The Sound of Metal: Understanding Cochlear Implants
With awards season recently concluded with the Oscars, one of the films that caught Acentech’s interest was The Sound of Metal. This was a film that…
July 15, 2021
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ASA Summer Undergraduate Research or Internship in Acoustics (SURIEA) program
This year, Acentech is participating in the inaugural year of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Summer Undergraduate Research or Internship in Acoustics (SURIEA) program. The…
June 28, 2021
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Sound on Mars and What Else NASA Can Do
With the landing of the rover PERSEVERANCE on Mars a couple of weeks ago, those of us in the acoustics field are very excited. This is…
March 11, 2021
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Acoustic Energy Harvesting
When it comes to energy innovation, a great deal of attention has been focused on sources that are already abundant within the environment – wind and solar power are two prominent examples that come to mind…
February 18, 2021
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Superbowl Artificial Crowd Noise
If you’ve been watching football this year, you know that broadcasters have been adding fake crowd noise to games to compensate for the lack of fans…
February 4, 2021
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