Tuesday, July 6

Noise - less

Brigham Young Uni in Utah using anti-noise to cancel out the hum of PC-fan, Scott Sommerfeldt creted system with microphone to detect noise and speakers to send out opposite waves. Also using some custom crafted algorithms to cancel the noise "properly" - not only at the source but also a bit away (ie where the user is actually sitting). So, look out for new custom made cabinets sporting their own fan-supressing systems? Or will water remain a crowd-pleasing favorite among case-modders and builders?

(read in IHT month ago- original story in New York Times by Anne Eisenberg, extract free here)


And a follow up on previous gaming notes; use your brain for controll - new experiments, detailed in journal of neural engineering [abstract], short in Norwegian by Aftenposten
Dr. Eric Leuthardt at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis
and Daniel Moran, got patients to do "target practive", and achived between 73 and 100% accuracy! One subject hit 33 times in a row!