Edgar Choueiri, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton, introduces an invention that delivers 3D sound from ordinary laptop speakers. More on the science of sound.
Holy shit, this is so cool.
ThingLink is a service that lets you add links and annotations to images you post to your blog. During Music Hack Day Berlin, team ThingLink improved the integration and added in-image playback for SoundCloud tracks & recordings.
This is Ulla in the background, ThingLink’s founder and CEO, telling the story how we met using the SoundCloud Record feature for iPhone. And if I’m not mistaken, they also worked on a way to use the record button right within the image to add contextual audio to the photos you take.
Check out more pictures with recordings on:
A Real Apple TV?
Apple is rumored to have hired Tomlinson Holman as its new audio chief. Holman is the guy behind all the THX patents:
Darrell Etherington, Apple Said to Have Hired the Audio Genius Behind THX
If Apple has indeed brought Holman on board, it could signify big things in store for Mac, iOS and even iTunes audio. Apple already builds optical audio out into all new Macs, via the headphone port (it works with optical TOSLINK cables using an adapter), which can provide true surround sound from your computer to your home theatre system, but it could stand to improve the quality of its built-in Mac and iOS device speakers and headphones. There have also been rumors that Apple may be looking to improve the sound quality of iTunes audio files, which is definitely something Holman could assist with.
What about a new generation of Apple audio devices?
And the battle for the living room, with streaming video — instead of broadcast TV — as the dominant use of ‘television’ sets. Apple could be planning to roll out a new product line, based on its already amazing displays. Something to replace the Apple TV device, which is not a TV at all, but an internet appliance.
Imagine a real Apple TV: iOS, wifi/ethernet connection, an app store to support various streaming options like Roku has now, and some fixed speakers. Touch screen, as well as being controlled through iOS devices. And the ability to push audio through wifi to other wifi-enabled speakers.
Basically the mutant offspring of an iPad and a Cinema Display. And with THX-style speakers.
