Why marimbas cost so much and how hickory could change music classrooms

The pleasant, earthy sound of a marimba is a key component in the modern orchestra, but their high prices, ranging from ...
The Lancet

Shared decision making using digital twins in knee osteoarthritis care: a randomized clinical trial of an AI-enabled decision aid versus education alone on decision quality ...

aDepartment of Surgery and Perioperative Care, Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA bDepartment of Population Health, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX ...

AI Makes Music Fun

Michael Shulman of Suno discusses how AI music tools are transforming creativity, composition, fulfillment and artistic ...
InfoWorld

Python and WebAssembly? Here’s how to make it work

Here’s how to safely replace packages like smtpd, cgi, msilib, and more. Django 5.2 release touts automatic model importing—and phases out earlier 5.x editions The newest Django has more than new ...
IEEE

Attenuation of Shear Noise in Seafloor Vertical Geophone Data Using Hybrid Radon Transform

Abstract: The seafloor seismic acquisition systems, such as ocean-bottom node (OBN) and cable ocean-bottom cable (OBC) arrays, provide multicomponent data essential for high-resolution imaging. Among ...
IEEE

Enhanced Multiple Sound Event Detection and Classification Using Physical Signal Properties in Recurrent Spiking Neural Networks

Abstract: Sound event detection and classification present significant challenges, particularly in noisy environments with multiple overlapping sources. This paper introduces an innovative ...
budgetandthebees

The Background-Noise Call: How Scammers Use Ambient Sound to Test Whether You’ll Stay on the Line

If you’ve ever answered a call and heard nothing but chatter, traffic, or faint office noise, you might have assumed… Image Source: Pexels If you’ve ever answered a call and heard nothing but chatter, ...
KING5

Seattle Children’s says Laurelhurst noise concerns burdens lifesaving care for children

SEATTLE — Seattle Children’s Hospital says ongoing efforts by some Laurelhurst residents to limit helipad access are adding strain to emergency transports for children who need lifesaving care. On ...
The New York Times

The Day the Food Noise Died

Before the rise of GLP-1s, obesity experts didn’t study the internal buzz that compels people to eat. Now that food noise is being switched off, they want to understand it. Credit...Xia Gordon ...
Wall Street Journal

U.S. Soldier Charged With Using Classified Information to Bet on Maduro’s Ouster

WSJ’s Caitlin Ostroff breaks down the increasing volume of the “mentions” markets on prediction-market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket. Photo Illustration: Annie Zhao Federal authorities on Thursday ...
techxplore

Rotating acoustic filter isolates machine fault sounds in 100 dB noise

Seoul National University College of Engineering announced that a research team led by Prof. Sung-Hoon Ahn of the Department of Mechanical Engineering has developed, for the first time in the world, ...